Maker: Unknown
Gold and gypsy set garnets and diamonds. Rectangular, with an oval compartment in the back for a photograph or hair and a pin fastening over it. In the middle there is a raised cross with a snake coiled round it, with on each side two gypsy set garnets and a diamond, four small beads, a raised zig-zag and three larger beads which project at the end. At the top and bottom there is an applied scalloped gold edging.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy
Height: 4.0 cm
Width: 2.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1983) by Hull Grundy, J., Mrs
Production date: circa AD 1890
Decoration
composed of
diamond
( uncertain)
garnet
( uncertain)
Part
composed of
gold
Accession number: M.49-1983
Primary reference Number: 169625
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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