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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1670 - circa 1730; Classification(s): jewellery, pin head; Acquisition: bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George, 1922, S.G. Perceval Bequest [PER.M.188-1923]
Description: Head of a pin (mourning). Gold, glass, hair, gold thread and base metal. Oval frame with scalloped edge with initials amoriai and crown, skull and cross bones. Script monogram 'TH' in gold thread, amoriari in gold thread flanking, with skull above, with red enamel on crown. Set against pair of coloured woven hair, under faceted paste crystal. | 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: | pin head jewellery Unknown | Temporal: | name=late 17th Century; start=1670; end=1730 | 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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