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Locket: M.52-1984

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: uncertain

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Description

Gold, enamelled in opaque white, and translucent blue, green, and red enamels. In the shape of a crown surmounting an oval shield, containing locks fo brown and blond hair under glass. The front is enamelled with the Union Jack over a guilloché ground. The back is inscribed 'The/GRACIOUS GIFT/OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ THE/Princess Mary/DUCHESS/OF GLOUCESTER/1854'. The interior of the back is engraved with the crowned cyphers 'GR' and 'CR'. A rng for suspension is attached to the back of the crown

Notes

History note: Malcolm Carr, London

Legal notes

Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.1 cm
Width: 2.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1994) by Grundy, J. Hull, Mrs

Dating

19th Century, third quarter#
Victoria I
Production date: circa AD 1854

Note

Princess Mary was the fourth daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. She married William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834) in 1816, and died in 1857.

School or Style

Victorian

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( opaque white, translucent blue, green, and red)

Materials used in production

Gold

Techniques used in production

Casting : Gold, enamelled in opaque white, and translucent blue, green, and red enamels, and engraved

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: The/GRACIOUS GIFT/OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ THE/Princess Mary/DUCHESS/OF GLOUCESTER/1854
  • Location: On back
  • Method of creation: Engraved
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.52-1984
Primary reference Number: 146270
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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