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Production Place: London; Date(s): circa 1854; Classification(s): jewellery, locket, casting, gold, enamelled in opaque white, and translucent blue, green, and red enamels, and engraved; Acquisition: given by Grundy, Mrs J. Hull, 1094, Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy [M.52-1984]
Description: Gold, enamelled in opaque white, and translucent blue, green, and red enamels. In the shape of a crown surmounting an oval shield, containing locks fo brown and blond hair under glass. The front is enamelled with the Union Jack over a guilloché ground. The back is inscribed 'The/GRACIOUS GIFT/OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ THE/Princess Mary/DUCHESS/OF GLOUCESTER/1854'. The interior of the back is engraved with the crowned cyphers 'GR' and 'CR'. A rng for suspension is attached to the back of the crown | 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: | uncertain jewellery locket | Temporal: | name=third quarter of 19th century; start=1854; end=1854 | 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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