Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Bronze, overlaid with gold plate. Circular with cruciform design and decorated with carbuncles and glass pastes. In the centre there is a raised setting in which there was, in 1902, a blue cabochan paste - now lost. The ground is covered with "S" scrolls and circles. Reverse: a much rusted iron pin.
Notes
History note: William Henry Forman Collection, Pippbrook House, Dorking; his nephew, Major A.H. Browne, Callaly Castle, Northumberland; sold Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 19-22 June 1899, The Forman Collection . . . , lot 442 - described as from Kent. Sir J.G. Carmichael-Gibson, Bart. sold Christie, Manson & Woods, 12 May 1902, Works of Art of the Classic, Medieval and Renaissance Times, lot 185
Legal notes
F. McClean Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 5.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1904)
by
McClean, Frank
Dating
7th Century
Circa
600
-
Circa
700
Note
Described as 'found in the Rhine: Teutonic' when sold in the Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael sale in 1902 (see Documentation). Certainly European.
School or Style
Frankish
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
paste (glass)
( blue cabochan present 1902, lost)
garnet
Pin
composed of
iron
( rusted)
Stones And Pastes
Materials used in production
plated
Gold
Bronze
References and bibliographic entries
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Fitzwilliam Museum McClean Bequest: Catalogue of the mediaeval ivories, enamels, jewellery, gems and miscellaneous objects bequeathed to the Museum by Frank McClean, M.A., F.R.S.
page(s): 80
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The Forman Collection. Catalogue of the Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiquities (the bronzes and vases described by Cecil H. Smith, LL.D. Assistant Keeper in the British Museum) and Objects of Art of the Renaissance, &c. in gold, silver, ivory &c. (First Portion.)
page(s): 86
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Works of Art of the Classic, Medieval and Renaissance Times
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.5-1904
Primary reference Number: 118988
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 29 February 2024
Last processed: Thursday 29 February 2024
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
