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Cameo: CM.128-1982

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Tortoise shell. Type C8.

Notes

History note: Lot 30, Foster cat., 10 December 1932.

Measurements and weight

10
5.5
8

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1982-07-19) by Trustees of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine

Dating

Neoclassical
1750 CE - 1850 CE

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Agate

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.128-1982
Primary reference Number: 208962
Wellcome: 239
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 1 June 2016 Updated: Wednesday 1 June 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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