IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 152729 accession number: M.81-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 25 January 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Carved grey and white agate with engraved gold mount, set with crystals in silver mounts. Oval sealstone, not engraved, with domed mount engraved with leaves radiating from the centre. The handle carved in the round from two pieces of agate. One forms the head of a black woman, her face fringed with curls, her hair veiled, with the stone's white veining indicating folds which are tied at the back with a ribbon. The lower stone forms her shoulders and dress collar, with the join covered by a silver choker set with a band of crystals. At the front of her head, with the suspension loop behind, is a leaf-shaped crystal set hair ornament. object type: fob seal with agate sealstone and handle carved as the bust of a woman with crystal set hair ornament and choker title: fob seal NOTES ----- type: history note value: Frank Gray Smart LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- 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 ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/152729 PEOPLE ------------------- Smart, Frank Gray CATEGORIES ------ category: seals DATING ------ creation date: 1760 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1760 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 1.6 dimension: Length units: cm value: 4.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 1.9 CITATIONS -------- Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge ---