Maker: Unknown
Outer case covered in tortoise shell.
OUTER CASE: Well worn gilt brass covered with tortoiseshell painted on reverse, with black patches above coloured patches in shell and pale green background. Bezel covered in tortoiseshell with ring of thirty-two plain headed pins (three missing). Back covered with tortoiseshell with ring of forty-seven plain pins at edge (seventeen pins missing). Inside back inscribed 'Green / Black / Torwis' (?). Pendant slot in body, with nick in bezel.
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Diameter: 47.25 mm
Thickness: 20.5 mm
Width: 46.5 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century, second half#
Circa
1750
CE
-
1799
CE
Gilt brass
Tortoise shell
Paint
Accession number: PW.105-1923
Primary reference Number: 207539
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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