Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Desk seal with carnelian sealstone and facetted red jasper handle with chased gold mounts
Carved carnelian and red jasper with chased gold mounts. Oval carnelian sealstone with an intaglio coat-of-arms within a garter inscribed 'TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO' with a pendant order and ribbon inscribed 'ICH DIEN', and a crest. Eight sided jasper handle broadening towards the rounded terminal. The domed mount decorated with flutes and bands of reeding.
Notes
History note: The Martin family of Lockynge, Berkshire
Legal notes
Spencer George Perceval Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 1.6 cm
Length: 9.3 cm
Width: 1.9 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1922-03-07)
by
Perceval, Spencer George
Dating
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Mid#
Circa
1780
-
Circa
1850
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Handle
composed of
jasper, red
Sealstone
composed of
carnelian
Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Mount
composed of
gold
Inscription or legends present
- Text: TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO
- Location: In a garter round the coat-of-arms on the sealstone
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Motto
- Text: ICH DIEN
- Location: At the base of the garter round the coat-of-arms on the seal
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Motto
Identification numbers
Accession number: PER.M.40-1923
Primary reference Number: 151622
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 29 March 2023
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
