Maker: Tassie (Perhaps)
Gold with open-backed oval bezel and guilloche border. Ringstone: glass imitating onyx, dark brown on white. Bust of George III facing in profile to the right. With plaster impression.
History note: Unknown before testator
S.G. Perceval Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century
Circa
1700
-
1800
Perhaps made by Tassie, to whose cameo of George III this intaglio has a very close resemblence.
Intaglio
composed of
glass
( imitating onyx, dark brown on white)
Height 17 mm
Width 13 mm
Ring
composed of
gold
Accession number: PER.M.145-1923
Primary reference Number: 177337
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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