IDENTIFIERS
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id:	176645
accession number:	PER.M.67-1923

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Gold, oval bezel, closed back, hoop with twin crocodile tails intertwined at base, paws gripping bezel with pairs of lotus flowers to each side. The gem is too small for this setting. Opaque white on grey sardonyx cameo head of the Emperor Otho, wearing a wig of tight curls, facing in profile to the right.
title:	ring

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Unknown before testator


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:	Spencer George Perceval Collection
creditline: S.G. Perceval Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176645





CATEGORIES
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category: jewellery

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century

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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