Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
Gold, hair, seed pearls and glass. Octagonal gold frame containing on one side a curl of pale greyish-brown hair with near its narrow end, a trefoil of gold wire, and a long curved wavy, two strand twisted wire, over a white ridged background. On the other side there is light brown hair arranged in four different directions, with over it in the centre the initials, AA, in seed pearls. At the top on an angle there is loop and a facetted ring for suspension. The circular box (A) covered in dark blue leather, lined with purple velvet and white silk, was not made for the pendant.
Notes
History note: Anne Armstrong (1830-?1910), unmarried sister of Matilda Barnes, the donor's husband's grandmother
Legal notes
Given by Mrs Stella Barnes
Measurements and weight
Height: 3.5 cm
Width: 3.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2000)
by
Barnes, Stella
Dating
19th Century, Mid#
Circa
1840
CE
-
1860
CE
Note
Probably English, or Irish, The initials AA stand for Anne Armstrong.
Components of the work
Pendant
composed of
seed pearls
hair
gold
glass
Box Lining
composed of
silk (textile)
velvet
Box
composed of
leather
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: label on a string
- Text: BEQUEATHED TO FRANCES BARNES
- Location: Inside box
- Method of creation: Inscribed
- Type: Label
- Text: AA
- Location: On one side of pendant
- Method of creation: In seed pearls
- Type: Initials
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.17 & A-2000
Primary reference Number: 28457
Entry form number: 140
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
