Maker: Unknown
Outer case covered with shagreen.
OUTER CASE: Gilt brass outer case, brass back and bezel band, covered in black shagreen. Bezel has ring of twenty-nine holes with plain gold pin above and below gap, black shagreen covers to edge of aperture. Body with nine sets of holes at edge, each pattern contained in 'swag' of gold pins with drops between. Centre of body back with large pattern made in gold pins. Pins of many sizes used in all decorations. A small portion of shagreen is missing from the body. Pendant slot in body only.
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Diameter: 52 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
17th Century-18th Century#
Production date:
circa
AD 1700
Covering
composed of
shagreen
( black)
Pins
composed of
gold
Back
composed of
brass (alloy)
Accession number: PW.92-1923
Primary reference Number: 207526
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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