Maker: Unknown
Fob seal with a lapis lazuli sealstone engraved with a Persian inscription, in a chased gold mount
Carved lapis lazuli with embossed and chased gold mount. Large rounded rectangular sealstone with an intaglio Persian inscription. The rim mount, arched handle and loop are decorated with flowerheads and leaves.
History note: Frank Gray Smart
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Height: 3.9 cm
Width: 3.0 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1930-02-14) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
Early-mid 19th century
1800
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1850
The sealstone was probably inscribed in Persia and mounted in the fob seal in England
Sealstone Length 2.4 cm Width 2.1 cm
Accession number: M.95-1930
Primary reference Number: 155900
Old object number: M.2-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: M.6-2014
Accession Number: GR.71.1901
Accession Number: ANE.10.2005
Accession Number: ANE.12.2005
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