Maker: Unknown
Desk seal with pale yellow topaz sealstone and facetted handle with chased gold mounts
Carved pale yellow topaz with embossed and chased gold mounts. Rounded rectangular sealstone with an intaglio crest of a squirrel holding a sprig of three leaves. Twelve-sided cylindrical handle with rounded faceted terminal. Domed and waisted mount decorated with flowerheads and leaves.
History note: Frank Gray Smart
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Height: 6.1 cm
Width: 2.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930-02-14) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
19th Century, Early-Mid#
1800
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1850
Sealstone Length 2.3 cm Width 1.9 cm
Accession number: M.98-1930
Primary reference Number: 155901
Old object number: M.2-1930
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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