Maker: Unknown
Gold, blue enamel, seed pearls, ivory. Marquise-shape, with border of 'bead-set' pearls. Under domed glass, on a background of blue enamel an oval of ivory painted with two doves on a pedestal with the inscription 'L'AMITIE'. This is surrounded by a border of small pearls. Festooned above is a looped ribbon decoration in seed pearls; below are two sprays, of gold thread and pearls.
History note: Unknown before testator
S.G. Perceval Bequest
Depth: 19.0 mm
Height: 5.0 mm
Length: 31.0 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
Part
composed of
seed pearls
enamel
gold
ivory
Pin
Length 70.0 mm
Accession number: PER.M.287-1923
Primary reference Number: 46809
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) "Pin" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/46809 Accessed: 2023-01-28 21:28:36
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|title=Pin
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-01-28 21:28:36|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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