IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 119198 accession number: M.4A & B-1984 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Conch shell surrounded by iron pyrites (marcasites) set in silver openwork. Each earring is composed of two convex oval pieces of shell, surrounded by iron pyrites, and flanked by two small silver openwork leaves set with iron pyrites. A figure-of-eight of silver is attached to the hinged ring which passes through the ear from the back. title: pair of earrings NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119198 CATEGORIES ------ category: jewellery DATING ------ creation date: 1790 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1790 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century, Late culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 2.2 dimension: Width units: cm value: 2.2 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment CITATIONS -------- Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment The Jeweller's Art. 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