Maker: Unknown
Large desk seal with yellow topaz sealstone and facetted handle with embossed and chased gold mounts
Carved yellow topaz with embossed and chased gold mounts. Rounded rectangular sealstone with an intaglio coat-of-arms with five orders suspended from the base and three crests above. Flared facetted handle with large rounded faceted terminal. Domed and waisted mount decorated with scrolling leaves.
History note: Frank Gray Smart
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Height: 3.0 cm
Length: 9.3 cm
Width: 3.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930-02-14) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
18th Century, Early-Mid#
1800
-
1850
Sealstone
composed of
topaz
Length 2.7 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Handle
composed of
topaz
Mount
composed of
gold
Accession number: M.79-1930
Primary reference Number: 152562
Old object number: M.2-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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