Maker: Unknown
Desk seal with carnelian sealstone and red and white agate handle with embossed and chased gold mounts
Carved carnelian and red and white striated agate with embossed and chased gold mounts. Rounded rectangular carnelian sealstone with an intaglio crest of two hands above the initials 'JI' or 'SI' in reverse. Oval in section agate handle broadening towards the rounded terminal. Domed and waisted mount decorated with borders of stiff leaves and flowerheads on a matted ground.
History note: Frank Gray Smart
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Height: 1.8 cm
Length: 8.1 cm
Width: 2.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930-02-14) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
19th Century, Early-Mid#
1800
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1850
Sealstone Length 1.9 cm Width 1.5 cm
Accession number: M.78-1930
Primary reference Number: 152468
Old object number: M.2-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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