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Valentine ornament: P.14411-R-68

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine ornament

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

Embossed valentine ornament, gold metallic. A male figure wearing a kilt, sporran and holding a shield decorated with a thistle. Part of the head and right arm are missing. One of 9 ornaments on embossed metallic paper mounted onto the same album leaf and originally found inside an envelope (P.14411-R-53) which is affixed into the album on the previous page. The same envelope also contained other similar ornaments which are mounted onto the preceding leaf of the same album.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Production date: after AD 1841

School or Style

British

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14411-R-68
Primary reference Number: 214698
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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