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Ring: PER.M.333-1923

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Bronze, circular bezel with shaped edge, roughly incised with a circle containing four dots and two bended lines, surrounded by the legend Memento Mori. Slight ornament like the tongue of the strap moulded on the shoulders.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

S.G. Perceval Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

Materials used in production

Bronze

Identification numbers

Accession number: PER.M.333-1923
Primary reference Number: 177473
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ring" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/177473 Accessed: 2024-05-09 07:26:11

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