Maker: Unknown
Gold, glass, foil, hair and gold thread. Oval slide with monogram. Gold setting with foliate engraving on edge. Faceted paste crystal under which is a monogram and looped border in bold thread on woven hair background set upon red foil. Inscribed on back the initials: 'EP'.
History note: Unknown before testator
S.G. Perceval Bequest
Depth: 14.5 mm
Height: 6.5 mm
Length: 15.0 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
Late 17th Century
Early 18th Century
Circa
1670
-
Circa
1730
Part composed of gold thread hair foil gold paste (glass) glass
Accession number: PER.M.183-1923
Primary reference Number: 46014
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Slide" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/46014 Accessed: 2023-02-08 16:55:44
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/46014
|title=Slide
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-02-08 16:55:44|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-46014
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