IDENTIFIERS
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id:	201559
accession number:	PER.M.264-1923

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 2 June 2015
updated:	Wednesday 31 January 2018

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Heart shaped handle with a device under glass at both sides.  One side is the same as no. 263 (possibly relating to object PER.M.263-1923).  The other shows two doves standing on a tomb, on which there are two hearts, while a shrub grows up on either side.  Above, are the initials J. P. in a mixture of paint and hair, on what is possibly ivory.  
The seal is a red carnelian, and shows a cupid attacking a peacock, while round this runs the legend AMOUR HAIT LORGVEIL

The gem catalogue states 'winged Cupid, armed with his quiver, removing his arrow from a peacock'
title:	seal

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: Spencer George Perceval Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201559





CATEGORIES
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category: seal

DATING
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culture:	18th Century



CITATIONS
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Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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