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Description: | Artist: Unknown, ; Date(s): circa 1827; Classification(s): jewellery, bracelet; Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.M.292-1912]
Description: Gold, diamonds and portrait miniature. Hinged bracelet with flange and socket fastening. Repouss? decoration of wavy line with vertical foliate panels with stylised rose at the centre. At the centre of the bracelet, with scrolled frame set with four faceted diamonds in 'cut-down' setting, a miniature portrait of Mrs Marlay on ivory, perhaps by John Wright (c. 1760-1820). On the back of the centre panel is inscribed: AN OFFERING OF GRATITUDE FOR UNPRECEDENTED KINDNESS surrounding a plinth with a wreath and a fire on top. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | bracelet jewellery Unknown | Temporal: | name=19th century; start=1827; end=1827 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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