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Maker: Unknown
Desk seal with amythest sealstone and facetted handle with chased gold mounts
Carved amythest with embossed and chased gold mounts. Rounded rectangular sealstone with an intaglio coat-of-arms beneath an Earl's coronet. Twelve-sided handle broadening towards the rounded faceted terminal. Domed and waisted mount decorated with flutes and borders of stiff leaves, flowerheads, acorns and thistles. In a fitted case (A).
History note: Frank Gray Smart
From the Frank Smart Collection, given by T.J.G. Duncanson
Height: 6 cm
Width: 2.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930-02-14) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
19th Century, Early-Mid#
1800
-
1850
Sealstone
composed of
amethyst
Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Handle
composed of
amethyst
Mount
composed of
gold
Accession number: M.99 & A-1930
Primary reference Number: 98169
Old object number: M.2-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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