Brooch: PER.M.267-1923

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Brooch
mourning brooch

Categories

Jewellery

Description

Gold, ivory and hair. Painted oval with chased edge, containing under glass, an oval disk of ivory painted with a scene showing a woman seated by an urn on a pedestal with a woodland background. This set on woven hair background surrounded by engraved gold frame. Glass cover. Reverse: glass, marquise 'window' to display woven hair. Provided with a ring for use as a pendant.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

S.G. Perceval Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 22.5 mm
Height: 7 mm
Length: 36 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1700 - Circa 1800

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Part composed of hair gold ivory

References and bibliographic entries

Franks bequest. Catalogue of the finger rings, early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, mediaeval and later. page(s): pp. 158, 161
Antique and Twentieth Century Jewellery page(s): pp. 89-90

Identification numbers

Accession number: PER.M.267-1923
Primary reference Number: 46692
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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