© Ashmolean Museum
Pendant-seal: Winter/Garden Nymph protecting a flower
Artist: Edward Burch RA (1730 - 1814)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: late 1760's
Materials: chalcedony in a gold mount
Dimensions: Face: 3 x 2.5cm; Mount: 3.8cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,200 (Total: £4,400)
Vendor: S J Phillips
Review number: 5044 (2002)
Provenance:
Sir Joshua Reynolds RA commissioned the work; Esmerian Collection, New York until January 2001; S J Phillips.
Description:
It depicts a copy of a statuette by Falconet owned by Sir Joshua Reynolds and was mounted as a fob- seal and worn by Reynolds from his watch-chain and used to seal letters.
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