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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): 1776; Classification(s): jewellery, clasp (fastener); Acquisition: bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George, 1922, S.G. Perceval Bequest [PER.M.255A-1923]
Description: Clasp (fastener). Gold and ivory and hair. Large oval with painted scene. Oval gold frame, containing, under glass, painting on ivory of standing woman leaning against a pedestal inscribed 'Weep not for me', with small girl by her side. On top of pedestal an urn with initials 'A.G.'surrounded by leaves. Painting highlighted with hair. Reverse inscribed:
Aaron
Groubel
Died 27 of Dec
1776
Aged 33 years | 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: | jewellery Unknown clasp (fastener) | Temporal: | name=late 18th century; start=1776; end=1776 | 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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