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Slide: PER.M.180-1923

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Gold, paste crystal, silk, gold thread. Oval, containing under faceted paste crystal, a monogram in gold thread, with looped thread border on a background of pale buff silk, surrounded by a looped border of gold thread on pale blue silk. Setting with scalloped border.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

S.G. Perceval Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 22 mm
Height: 6.25 mm
Length: 19 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

17th Century, Late
18th Century, Early#
Circa 1670 - Circa 1730

Components of the work

Part composed of silk (textile) ( pale buff and pale blue) gold thread gold paste (glass)

Identification numbers

Accession number: PER.M.180-1923
Primary reference Number: 46003

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 29 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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