Skip to main content

Ring: PER.M.165-1923

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Brown, William and Charles

Entities

Categories

Description

Gold, slender hoop broadening at shoulders; oval bezel containing under glass, paste cameo bust of Lord George Sackville, elderly face in profile towards the right, wig tied behind with a rosette, lace at the breast, collarless coat edged with lace showing two buttons, and inscribed BROWN F(ECIT) at the truncation.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

S.G. Perceval Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1700 - 1800

Note

After Tassie, James and William

Components of the work

Cameo composed of glass ( imitating onyx) Height 16 mm Width 16 mm
Ring composed of gold

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: BROWN F(ECIT)
  • Location: At the truncation
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PER.M.165-1923
Primary reference Number: 177388
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 31 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ring" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/177388 Accessed: 2024-11-24 18:22:22

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/177388 |title=Ring |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-24 18:22:22|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-177388

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...