Maker: Unknown
Silver and glass enclosing a piece of butterfly wing. Oval with closed back and beaded edge (two round, one oval repeated), set with iridescent blue butterfly wing under a domed glass. Hinged pin and curled hook fastening, also silver.
History note: Given to the donor in the early 1920s by a cousin, Edmund Cameron, whose father became Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Given by Mrs Stella Barnes
Length: 2.0 cm
Width: 1.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1996) by Barnes, Stella F., Mrs
Circa 1920 - 1925
The mark indicates that it is not English
Part composed of butterfly wing ( blue) glass ( domed) silver
Accession number: M.18-1996
Primary reference Number: 167220
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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