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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

about 1810 (made)
Place of origin

Gold handle in the form of two snakes holding a rock crystal intaglio of the arms of the 5th Earl of Abingdon (1784-1854) and his first wife Emily Gage


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold, rock crystal intaglio
Brief description
Gold handle in the form of two snakes holding a rock crystal intaglio of the arms of the 5th Earl of Abingdon (1784-1854) and his first wife Emily Gage
Physical description
Gold handle in the form of two snakes holding a rock crystal intaglio of the arms of the 5th Earl of Abingdon (1784-1854) and his first wife Emily Gage
Credit line
The Bettine, Lady Abingdon Collection, bequeathed by Mrs T.R.P. Hole
Object history
Historical significance: Arms of the 5th Earl of Abingdon (1784-1854) and his first wife Emily Gage
Collection
Accession number
M.153-1987

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Record createdMay 8, 2008
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