IDENTIFIERS
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id:	151370
accession number:	PER.M.25-1923

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Carved smoky quartz with chased gold mounts.  The three sided swivel sealstone with intaglio (1) initials 'AG' in Gothic characters, (2) coat-of-arms of the Grundy family, and (3) a stack of sealed letters, the topmost inscribed 'Souvenir' in script, with a spray of forget-me-nots.  Twelve-sided handle broadening towards the rounded faceted terminal.  The mount decorated with a  border of flowers and leaves on a matted ground.
object type: desk seal with three sided smoky quartz swivel sealstone and facetted handle with chased gold mounts
title:	desk seal

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before testator


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
collection:	Spencer George Perceval Collection
creditline: Spencer George Perceval Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/151370

PEOPLE
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Grundy

SUBJECTS
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letter
forget-me-not
flower
leaf (plant material)
letter
forget-me-not
flower
leaf (plant material)



CATEGORIES
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category: seals

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1850
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1850
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 1.5

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 5.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 1.9



CITATIONS
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Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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