IDENTIFIERS
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id:	46113
accession number:	PER.M.195-1923

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 9 November 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Gold, enamel, glass. Gold hoop with skeleton with a dart between legs, a crown at head and feet, and a book inscribed 'momento mori' with crossed sceptres and sword. Below the book, an hour glass and crossed mattock and shovel. Inside the hoop the inscription: N Nov 12: 1714/W of obt July.28: 1719. Small coffin-shaped bezel, containing, under bevelled glass a skull and initials 'NW' in gold thread on silk background.
title:	ring

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before testator


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

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Spencer George Perceval Collection
creditline: S.G Perceval Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/46113

PEOPLE
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skeleton

SUBJECTS
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mourning
dart
crown
hourglass
shovel
mattock
dart
crown
hourglass
shovel
mattock



CATEGORIES
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category: jewellery

DATING
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creation date:	1719 - 1719
creation date earliest:	1719
creation date latest:	1719
culture:	18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: mm
value: 2

dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 3

dimension: Length
units: mm
value: 20



CITATIONS
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British Rings 800-1914
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