Maker: Unknown
Gold, hair, enamel, glass. Oval, containing under bevelled glass, on a background of gummed hair, a standing skeleton in enamel holding a dart in the right hand and an hour glass in the left. On either side, in gold thread, initial M on one side and D on the other, surrounded by a scalloped and engraved gold border. On the back is the inscription: '21:Sept: 81'.
History note: Unknown before testator
S.G. Perceval Bequest
Depth: 18.5 mm
Height: 4.5 mm
Length: 21.5 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
17th Century, Late
Circa
1670
-
Circa
1700
Part composed of thread ( gold) hair ( gummed) enamel gold glass
Accession number: PER.M.178-1923
Primary reference Number: 45991
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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