Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fob seal with carnelian sealstone and agate handle carved as a turbaned head of a black woman
Carved carnelian and agate with gold mounts, enamelled in blue and white, set with a crystal and red and green stones or pastes. Oval carnelian sealstone with an intaglio bust of William Shakespeare, bearded and with hair combed round the crown, two rows of tight curls encircling the head, facing in profile to the left. Agate handle carved in the round with the head of a turbaned black woman, mouth open showing white teeth, thick curls fringing her face; the yellow and white turban pinned with a gold ornament set with a table-cut crystal(?) supporting the suspension loop. The mount round her neck comprises a choker set with red stones or pastes, centred on an oval green stone or paste, beneath which are three enamelled borders.
Notes
History note: Frank Gray Smart
Legal notes
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Measurements and weight
Height: 4.9 cm
Width: 2.6 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1930-02-14)
by
Duncanson, T. J. G.
Dating
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1900
CE
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Stone
composed of
crystal
paste
Decoration
composed of
enamel
Handle
composed of
agate
Sealstone
composed of
carnelian
Length 1.6 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Mount
composed of
gold
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.101-1930
Primary reference Number: 152106
Old object number: M.2-1930
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 25 January 2019
Last processed: Wednesday 7 February 2024
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
