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1961.11.28

Silver bracelet with six plaques depicting four different houses, a cart and an animal. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/11/2005]


1961.11.28

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Collection type
Object
Description
Silver bracelet with six plaques depicting four different houses, a cart and an animal. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/11/2005]
Geographical reference
Peninsular Malaysia Kelantan
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1950
Date collected
By 1950
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1961
Materials and processes
Material Silver Metal, Material Enamel, Process Enamelled
Dimensions
Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 185 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1961.11.28
Research and responses

Plique-à-jour (French: "open to light"): A technique in enamelling in which small areas of translucent enamel are fused into the spaces of a wire framework to give an effect similar to stained glass. [Oxford English Dictionary Online] [CF 6/9/2000]

Related Documents File - Letter, dated 3 May 1959, from A.H. Hill to T.K. Penniman offering a collection of Malay items to the museum for exhibition. He speaks of his desire to visit England in 1960 to look over his collections housed in Berkshire and Woking "and placing in your hands any items you would like early next year." Very detailed documentation surrounding the executing of the A.H. Hill bequest, following his death in January 1961, including letters from the Executors to T.K. Penniman, application for the exemption from estate duty and instructions for delivery. Also a set of typed labels written by A.H. Hill referring to some of the items in the collection [added to the Accession Book Entry where relevant]. [EB 20/2/2002]

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