Workshop: Unknown
Copper, engraved, champlevé enamelled, and gilt. Triangular. Decorated with a wing, two four-pointed stars and a disc reserved in a horizontally striated background
History note: Holingworth Magniac, Colworth, Bedfordshire; sold Christie’s, 2, 4-8 and 11-15 July 1892, Catalogue of the renowned collection of works of art chiefly formed by the late Hollingworth Magniac Esq. (known as the Colworth Collection), 3th Day, 5 July, p. 79, part of lot 250B, the whole sold for £18.18.0 to Frank McClean, Tonbridge Wells.
Frank McClean Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
12th Century
Medieval
Circa
1100
CE
-
1200
CE
The stars and disc reserved in a striated ground are characteristics of a group of enamels named the 'Star Group of Champlevé Enamels' by F.W. Stohlman in 1950 (see Documentation).
Decoration
composed of
enamel
gold
Side 1
Width 1¾ in
Side 3
Width 2¾ in
Side 2
Width 3⅛ in
Accession number: M.29-1904
Primary reference Number: 156412
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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