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Production: Unknown
Mother-of-pearl cameos of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-88) and Pierre Corneille (1606-84), both in contemporary dress and both facing in profile to right, with their respective names BUFFON and CORNEILLE in front of them, set back to back in an oval gold mount with a gold cockle shell at top and bottom centre, the former attached to a suspension ring, and the latter to the stem of a watch key
History note: Unknown before testator
F.G. Smart Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1913-06-05) by Smart, Frank Gray
18th Century, Late#
Production date:
circa
AD 1800
The sitters were George Louis le Clerc, comte de Buffon (1707-88), author of the 'Histoire naturelle . . .' (Paris 1749-88) and Pierre Corneille (1606-84), poet and dramatist
Cameo
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Height 3 cm
Width 3.8 cm
Mount
composed of
gold
Accession number: M/P.105-1913
Primary reference Number: 131078
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 (2024) "Watch key" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/131078 Accessed: 2024-11-14 03:03:07
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-14 03:03:07|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-131078
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