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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91 to 93 mezzanine, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Seal

1650-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

enamelled gold set with a red spinel intaglio of a laureate classical head


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Enamelled gold with a red spinel intaglio
Brief description
England, 1650-1700
Enamelled gold, set with a spinel intaglio of a classical head
Excavated from a building site in Whitehall, 1950
Physical description
enamelled gold set with a red spinel intaglio of a laureate classical head
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.3cm
  • Width: 1.1cm
  • Depth: 2.3cm
Credit line
Given by H. M. Ministry of Works
Object history
Dug up in 1950 on the site of new Government offices in Whitehall
Production
Excavated from a building site in Whitehall, 1950
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
M.61-1953

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Record createdJune 7, 2005
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