IDENTIFIERS
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id:	158443
accession number:	M.70D-1983

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver; in the shape of an escallop shell with two cast whelk-shaped feet.  Engraved on the upper surface with the arms  and motto of Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion.  (with M.70A-1983, M.70B-1983 and M.70C-1983)
title:	escallop shell

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion; not known before J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Purchased with the Rylands Fund

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/158443

PEOPLE
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Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount




CATEGORIES
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category: silver

DATING
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creation date:	1809 - 1810
creation date earliest:	1809
creation date latest:	1810
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Nutting, Henry

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3

dimension: Height
units: in
value: 1⅛

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 13

dimension: Length
units: in
value: 5⅛

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 122

dimension: Weight
units: oz : dwt
value: 3 : 18

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 13.2

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 5¼



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	The Dutch Connection
CITATIONS
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The Annual Reports of the syndicate and of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam for the year ending 31 December 1987
The Dutch Connection: The Founding of the Fitzwilliam Museum
London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their marks and lives, from original registers at Goldsmiths' Hall and other sources
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IMAGES

surrogate: large
format: jpeg
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surrogate: mid
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surrogate: original
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_70_26A_D_1983.jpg
height: 490 pixels
width: 760 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_70_26A_D_1983.jpg
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