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Gold, clear pastes, seed pearls, hair and glass. Of pointed oval form with a paste-set border, enclosing under a convex glass, an arrangement of ribbons, a medallion bearing the initials 'IA', a lamb or dog, a medallion inscribed 'FIDELITY' and swags on a brown hair ground; pin fastening and loop for suspension as a pendant on the back.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy
Height: 4.5 cm
Width: 2.8 cm
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Method of acquisition: Given
(1984)
by
Hull Grundy, J., Mrs
Production date: circa AD 1790
Part composed of hair ( brown) pastes ( clear) pearls gold glass
Accession number: M.75-1984
Primary reference Number: 169666
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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"Friendship or mourning brooch"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169666 Accessed: 2022-05-29 10:34:49
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