Fossil coral pendant in the shape of a Maltese cross with a hole and ring for suspension. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/6/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fossil coral pendant in the shape of a Maltese cross with a hole and ring for suspension. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/6/2005]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Devon East Sussex Brighton
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Kenneth Page Oakley; PRM source Kenneth Page Oakley
Date / Period: Date made: 1840-1860?, uncertain
Date collected: 1962
Acquisition information: Donated: 1968
Materials and processes: Material Fossil, Material Coral
Dimensions: Length: max 36 mm, Width: max 36 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1968.6.5
Research and responses: The name of Miss Beggs seems to differ in the sixteen entries it appears in although presumably it is the same woman as all came via Oakley, it is either Miss E.G. Begg or Miss E.M. Begg or Miss E.J. Begg, I cannot find any information about her to date [AP 26/7/2002]

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