IDENTIFIERS
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id:	152106
accession number:	M.101-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 25 January 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
object type: fob seal with carnelian sealstone and agate handle carved as a turbaned head of a black woman
title:	fob seal

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Frank Gray Smart


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:	Frank Smart Collection
creditline: From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/152106

PEOPLE
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Shakespeare, William
Smart, Frank Gray




CATEGORIES
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category: seals

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 4.9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 2.6



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