Maker: Unknown
Gilt brass outer case covered in green shagreen.
OUTER CASE: Gilt brass covered in worn green shagreen. Bezel with shagreen (small section missing) with central ring of eight sets of gilt brass pins in triangles of three (two triangles with one pin missing and one triangle with two pins missing) with single pin between (one pin missing). Body covered in green shagreen, ring of pins at edge as on bezel (one triangle with two pins missing and one with one pin missing), back with central pattern of pins covering most of the back (five pins missing). Pendant slot, 2/3 in body and 1/3 in bezel.
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Diameter: 47.5 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Width: 47 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century, Late
Circa
1775
CE
-
1800
CE
green
Shagreen
Gilt brass
Accession number: PW.99-1923
Primary reference Number: 207533
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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