Maker: Unknown
Outer case with glazed back (with glass missing) covered with green shagreen.
OUTER CASE: Gilt brass case, brass band in back and bezel, covered in green shagreen with line of pins, with decorative heads, in centre of both hands. Back with recess for glass (missing). Five pins missing from bezel. Pendant slot in body with nick in bezel.
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Diameter: 55.5 mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Width: 55 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1780
Covering
composed of
shagreen
( green)
Back
composed of
glaze
Accession number: PW.85-1923
Primary reference Number: 207519
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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