IDENTIFIERS
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id:	137252
accession number:	C.674-1961

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 13 October 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in pale green, pale yellow, puce, red, brown and black enamels. A pierrot holding a hurdy-gurdy sits on a green rock or tree stump on an oval base inscribed in red capitals 'TANTOT HAUT TANTOT BAS'. The base is set in an oval gilt-metal mount with an uncut carnelian or red glass seal. A small suspension is attached to the musician's back by means of a pin inserted into the porcelain.
object type: Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in pale green, pale yellow, puce, red, brown and black enamels.
title:	fob seal

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Louis Colville Gray Clarke

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/137252





TECHNIQUES
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soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in pale green, pale yellow, puce, red, brown and black enamels
glazing (coating)

CATEGORIES
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category: soft-paste porcelain

DATING
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creation date:	1754 - 1758
creation date earliest:	1754
creation date latest:	1758
culture:	18th Century, Mid
culture:	George II

CREATORS
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maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2.8