Maker: Unknown
Gilt brass outer case covered with black shagreen.
OUTER CASE: Gilt brass covered in black shagreen with pin decoration. Bezel with wide gilt opening. Side covered with shagreen, with circle of decorative headed gold pins alternating with small plain headed pins, except at hinge where only decorative headed pins are used (two decorative pins missing at hinge, one decorative pin missing, and two plain pins above 3 o'clock). Body covered with black shagreen, with ring of pins at edge, as bezel, but series of decorated pins only around pendant, alternative pattern elsewhere (two decorative headed pins around pendant missing, one decorative headed pin missing). Back with large pattern of gold pins (few missing). Square ended hinge. Pendant slot in body, only nick in bezel. Inside, body and bezel covered in red silk.
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Diameter: 45.25 mm
Thickness: 15.5 mm
Width: 45 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
17th Century, Late
Circa
1675
CE
-
1699
CE
Covering
composed of
shagreen
( black)
Inside
composed of
silk
( red)
Pins
composed of
gold
Accession number: PW.102-1923
Primary reference Number: 207536
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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