IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 137254 accession number: C.676-1961 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in blue, green, pale yellow, red, a little puce, brown and black enamels. A musician wearing a mask and playing a mandoline sits on a green rock on an oval base inscribed in red capitals 'JE VAY AU COEUR'. The base is set in a gilt-metal band containing a red glass/carnelian seal cut in intaglio with a winged heart surrounded by 'LE VOLE A VERTU' (or 'JE VOLE A VERTU'). A gilt-metal suspension loop decorated with a flower, is attached to the rock by means of a pin inserted into the porcelain. object type: Soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in polychrome enamels. title: fob seal LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by C.G. Clarke, Director of Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/137254 TECHNIQUES ---------- soft-paste porcelain fob seal, painted in polychrome enamels glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1754 - 1759 creation date earliest: 1754 creation date latest: 1759 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II CREATORS -------- maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 2.8