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Gold, diamonds and portrait miniature. Hinged bracelet with flange and socket fastening. Repoussé decoration of wavy line with vertical foliate panels with stylised rose at the centre. At the centre of the bracelet, with scrolled frame set with four faceted diamonds in 'cut-down' setting, a miniature portrait of Mrs Marlay on ivory, perhaps by John Wright (c. 1760-1820). On the back of the centre panel is inscribed: AN OFFERING OF GRATITUDE FOR UNPRECEDENTED KINDNESS surrounding a plinth with a wreath and a fire on top.
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge
Title
Bracelet with portrait miniature
Date
1827
Accession number
MAR.M.292-1912
Acquisition method
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Work type
Painting
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 1RB England
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