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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Classification(s): jewellery, ring; Acquisition: bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George, 1922, S.G. Perceval Bequest [PER.M.244-1923]
Description: Gold, ivory, hair, mother of pearl, gilt-metal, enamel. Flat, plain hoop broadening at the shoulders. Shoulders decorated with simple chased design. Long rectangular bezel, with corners cut off, containing on a blue enamel background a scene, set on gummed hair, of a female figure carved in ivory holding a garland standing by an altar of mother of pearl and gilt-metal on top of which burns a flame; the base is inscribed 'A TOI'. A tree, carved in ivory, overhangs the altar; the scene is surrounded by a narrow band of ivory, all covered with glass. The frame, of gold, is chased. | 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: | ring jewellery Unknown | 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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