IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 152914 accession number: M.82-1930 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Carved chalcedony and grey and white agate with gold mounts, set with red, green and white glass in silver mounts. Rounded rectangular chalcedony sealstone with intaglio triumphal chariot drawn towards the right by two elephants carrying towers on their backs; they pull a driver who holds a torch. The domed stone has a rim mount with reeded border. The agate handle, carved in the round and supported at the base with a gold mount, depicts a bust of Ceres with a cornucopia on her back. Her long hair falls in curls over her left shoulder, whilst her right shoulder is covered with her veil with folds indicated by the stone's white veining. At the front of her head, with the suspension loop behind, is a tiara set with nine glass stones imitating diamonds, emeralds and rubies. object type: fob seal with chalcedony sealstone and agate handle carved as the bust of Ceres with a tiara set with red, green and white glass 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/152914 PEOPLE ------------------- Smart, Frank Gray Ceres mahout SUBJECTS ------------------- cornucopia chariot elephant cornucopia chariot elephant 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: 1.7 dimension: Length units: cm value: 4.7 dimension: Width units: cm value: 2 CITATIONS -------- Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Le gemme antiche figurate ---