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Seal: PER.M.84-1923

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Head of Hercules to right, with club over left shoulder.
Itaglio red carnelian oval. Gold mount

Legal notes

Spencer George Perceval Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 18 mm
Width: 16 mm

Relative size of this object

1.6 m1.8 m What does this represent?

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George

Components of the work

Mount composed of gold

Materials used in production

red Carnelian

Techniques used in production

Intaglio

Identification numbers

Accession number: PER.M.84-1923
Primary reference Number: 201517
List number: 84
K8230/13
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Audit data

Created: Monday 1 June 2015 Updated: Wednesday 31 January 2018 Last processed: Wednesday 25 August 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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