Maker: Unknown
Gold, ivory. Small oval containing, under glass, a military trophy consisting of a drum and battle-axe in relief upon crossed standards, spears and rifles, which are painted on an ivory background. Below is a small cannon with amminition. Simple chased border in gold.
History note: Unknown before testator
S.G. Perceval Bequest
Depth: 15.5 mm
Height: 5.0 mm
Length: 21.5 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
Part
composed of
gold
ivory
glass
Pin
Length 20.0 mm
Accession number: PER.M.250-1923
Primary reference Number: 46512
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) "Brooch" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/46512 Accessed: 2023-01-26 23:17:15
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/46512
|title=Brooch
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-01-26 23:17:15|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-46512
Accession Number: M.5-1970
Accession Number: M.41-1984
Accession Number: GR.3.1978
Accession Number: CM.1660-2001
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