Ring: PER.M.244-1923

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Ring

Categories

Jewellery

Description

Gold, ivory, hair, mother of pearl, gilt-metal, enamel. Flat, plain hoop broadening at the shoulders. Shoulders decorated with simple chased design. Long rectangular bezel, with corners cut off, containing on a blue enamel background a scene, set on gummed hair, of a female figure carved in ivory holding a garland standing by an altar of mother of pearl and gilt-metal on top of which burns a flame; the base is inscribed 'A TOI'. A tree, carved in ivory, overhangs the altar; the scene is surrounded by a narrow band of ivory, all covered with glass. The frame, of gold, is chased.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

S.G. Perceval Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

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

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Part composed of gilt-metal enamel mother-of-pearl hair gold ivory glass
Hoop Depth 1.0 mm Height 2.0 mm Length 19.0 mm
Bezel (rectangular) Height 6.0 mm Length 30.0 mm Width 18.5 mm

Inscription or legends present

Text: 6 K
Location: On inside shoulder
Type: Mark

Text: 2462N Tof/-
Location: On back of bezel
Type: Mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: PER.M.244-1923
Primary reference Number: 46491
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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