Maker: Unknown
Desk seal with carnelian sealstone and boxwood handle carved as the bust of a young man wearing a hat
Carved carnelian and boxwood with chased gold mount. Rounded rectangular carnelian sealstone with an intaglio coat-of-arms. Boxwood handle carved in the round with the bust of a young man wearing a hat on the back of his head, his long hair bunched over his right shoulder. The deep rectangular mount has sloping sides with leaf capped reeded borders and four panels of diaperwork.
History note: Frank Gray Smart
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Height: 7.4 cm
Width: 3.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930-02-14) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
1780
CE
-
1850
CE
Sealstone
composed of
carnelian
Length 1.6 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Handle
composed of
boxwood
Mount
composed of
gold
Accession number: M.89-1930
Primary reference Number: 154810
Old object number: M.2-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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