IDENTIFIERS
-----------
id:	29419
accession number:	M.8-1981

DATE AUDIT
----------
created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 11 November 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
----------------
object type: Plaster cast probably taken of a box lid or plaque. Oval. In the middle an oval cartouche flanked by figures. On the right, a standing figure of Hercules; on the left a seated figure of Justice with Minerva? standing behind her, looking upwards to a seated putto blowing a trumpet, representing Fame, flanked by a lyre, a palette, brushes, and a globe, enclosed by three scrolls. Below the cartouche there is a military trophy, flanked by foliage.
title:	watch

LICENSING
---------
text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
---------
instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bought with the Jones Fund

STABLE URL
----------
url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29419

PEOPLE
-------------------
Hercules
Justice
Fame
Minerva
soldier
putto

SUBJECTS
-------------------
trophy
trumpet
lyre
palette
brushes
Globe
scrolls
foliage
trophy
trumpet
lyre
palette
brushes
Globe
scrolls
foliage



TECHNIQUES
----------
plaster, cast, with traces of gilding
casting (process)

CATEGORIES
------
category: watches

DATING
------
creation date:	1740 - 1760
creation date earliest:	1740
creation date latest:	1760
culture:	18th Century, Mid
culture:	George II

CREATORS
--------
maker: Heckel, Christopher

DIMENSIONS
----------
dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 10.5

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 13.1



CITATIONS
--------
The Art of the Gold Chaser in Eighteenth-Century London
---