Bracelet with portrait miniature
Maker:
Unknown
Painter:
Wright, John (c. 1745-1820)
(Uncertain)
Gold, diamonds and portrait miniature. Hinged bracelet with flange and socket fastening. Repoussé decoration of wavy line with vertical foliate panels with stylised rose at the centre. At the centre of the bracelet, with scrolled frame set with four faceted diamonds in 'cut-down' setting, a miniature portrait of Mrs Marlay on ivory, perhaps by John Wright (c. 1760-1820). On the back of the centre panel is inscribed: AN OFFERING OF GRATITUDE FOR UNPRECEDENTED KINDNESS surrounding a plinth with a wreath and a fire on top.
History note: Catherine Louisa Augusta Marlay was the daughter of James Tisdall, Esq. of Bawn, Co. Louth, Ireland and of his wife Catherine Maria, afterwards Countess of Charville. She married Lt. Col. George Marlay of Belvedere, Co. Westmeath and of Bawn, Co. Louth. She was the mother of C.B. Marlay, the testator.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 54 mm
Width: 78 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
19th Century
George IV
Production date:
circa
AD 1827
Part
composed of
diamond
gold
Miniature
composed of
ivory
Portrait
Length 39 mm
Portrait (oval)
Width 33 mm
Inscription present: AN OFFERING OF GRATITUDE FOR UNPRECEDENTED KINDNESS surrounding a plinth with a wreath and a fire on top.
Accession number: MAR.M.292-1912
Primary reference Number: 45841
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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