Skip to main content

Design for a fish bracelet: PD.26-2016

An image of Drawing
View image details Mirador icon - view image Mirador deep zoom IIIF Manifest IIIF Manifest Slow looking

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Drawing
An image of Drawing
Current Location: In storage

Titles

Design for a fish bracelet

Maker(s)

Ashbee, Charles Robert

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Mrs Olive Ward

Measurements and weight

Height: 114 mm
Width: 181 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2016) by Ward, O. M., Mrs

Dating

20th Century
Production date: AD 1906

Materials used in production

brown Paper
Watercolour
Graphite

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Graphite and watercolour on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: This design is the property of the Guild of Handicraft Ltd. 16A, Brook Street, Bond Street, W. Works - Chipping Campden, Glos. and is to be returned to them. No. 918 Date 9.8.06
  • Location: Top left
  • Type: Stamp

Inscription present: t cut off

  • Text: silver bracele[t] set opal
  • Location: Top right

Inscription present: words around the design

  • Text: hinge, olivine, opal, snap & chain. Exact size of chain to be given.
  • Location: Middle and bottom
  • Text: Back of bracelet
  • Location: Bottom right

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.26-2016
Primary reference Number: 221641

Audit data

Created: Monday 31 July 2017 Updated: Wednesday 3 December 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Design for a fish bracelet" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/221641 Accessed: 2025-12-06 17:27:12

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/221641 |title=Design for a fish bracelet |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-06 17:27:12|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-221641

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp78/large_PD_26_2016_201201_mfj22_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Design for a fish bracelet"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Design for a fish bracelet</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo