Ammonite pendant in square card box

Collection type: Object
Description: Ammonite pendant in square card box
Long description: Ammonite pendant mounted in a circular silver frame fixed only at two points so that it can be rotated. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/7/2005] Square card box for pendant; on the outside, white paper with silver designs, a red velvet cushion inside [in L.110.7]. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/10/2005]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England North Yorkshire Whitby London
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Miss E.G. Begg; Field collector Miss E.M. Begg; Field collector Miss E.J. Begg; PRM source Kenneth Page Oakley
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Jurassic Period Date made: 1600-1700
Date collected: 1960
Acquisition information: Donated: 1975
Materials and processes: Material Fossil, Material Silver Metal, Process Jointed, Process Pegged, Process Inlaid
Dimensions: Diameter: max 32 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1975.2.1
Associated publications: Previous donations of similar type given by Dr. K. P. Oakley have been documented in his book Decorative and Symbolic Uses of Vertebrate Fossils. [MOB 2/11/2000]

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