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Seal: PER.M.126-1923

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Unidentified head in helmet of Pompey the Great

Gem catalogue states 'bust of a man with long hair and moustache, wearing plumed helmet encircled by a radiate crown, and mantle draped at the neck'

Legal notes

Spencer George Perceval Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George

Components of the work

Setting composed of gilt metal
Oval Height 20 mm Width 15 mm

Materials used in production

oval Chalcedony

Techniques used in production

Intaglio

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PER.M.126-1923
Primary reference Number: 201536
List number: 126
Gem cat no.: 649
8230/33

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 2 June 2015 Updated: Wednesday 31 January 2018

Associated departments & institutions

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

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