IDENTIFIERS
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id:	155288
accession number:	M.92-1930

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 17 August 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Chalcedony and glass with embossed and chased pinchbeck mounts.  One fob seal has a circular chalcedony sealstone with intaglio crest; the second is oval in glass imitating emerald, with an intaglio bust of a lady wearing a necklace, with hair dressed in the style of Julia Domna, with a star and crescent in the field with an illegible inscription, facing in profile to the right; the third is rounded rectangular in glass imitating bloodstone, inscribed 'JULIA' in reverse.  The seals have domed backs decorated with borders of flowerheads and scrolls.  The two smaller fob seals and the watch key have similar handles formed from a pair of openwork rocaille scrolls.  The larger oval fob seal has a four-sided tapering handle decorated with scrolls.  The four are linked by a circular split ring decorated flowerheads.
object type: three fob seals, a watch key and clasp in pinchbeck embossed with scrolls and leaves
title:	fob seal

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Frank Gray Smart


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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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
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/155288

PEOPLE
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Smart, Frank Gray
Julia Domna




CATEGORIES
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category: seals

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1850
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1850
culture:	19th Century, Early-Mid#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown


CITATIONS
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Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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