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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1787; Classification(s): jewellery, brooch; Acquisition: bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George, 1922, S.G. Perceval Bequest [PER.M.258-1923]
Description: Gold and ivory. Painted oval, engraved gold frame enclosing, under glass, painting of an urn beneath a weeping willow on ivory. The urn painted with the inscription: 'I TAYLOR'. The back is inscribed :
James
Taylor
Obt Oct
1787
Aet: 72
The panel bearing the inscription appears to have been reduced in size, as is shown by the date after the month having almost totally disappeared. | 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 brooch | Temporal: | name=late 18th century; start=1787; end=1787 | 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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