IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 201559 accession number: PER.M.264-1923 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 2 June 2015 updated: Wednesday 18 June 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Heart shaped handle with a device under glass at both sides. One side is the same as no. 263 (possibly relating to object PER.M.263-1923). The other shows two doves standing on a tomb, on which there are two hearts, while a shrub grows up on either side. Above, are the initials J. P. in a mixture of paint and hair, on what is possibly ivory. The seal is a red carnelian, and shows a cupid attacking a peacock, while round this runs the legend AMOUR HAIT LORGVEIL The gem catalogue states 'winged Cupid, armed with his quiver, removing his arrow from a peacock' title: seal LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Spencer George Perceval Collection creditline: Spencer George Perceval Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201559 CATEGORIES ------ category: seal DATING ------ culture: 18th Century CITATIONS -------- Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge ---