Box of twelve wooden trenchers or roundells

An image of Woodwork. Box of roundells. Box containing twelve trenchers. Wood, painted, gold decoration, height, box, 3.2 cm, diameter, box, 16.6 cm, diameter, roundels, 13.2 cm, circa 1600. Renaissance. Elizabeth I. English.

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Woodwork. Box of roundells. Box containing twelve trenchers. Wood, painted, gold decoration, height, box, 3.2 cm, diameter, box, 16.6 cm, diameter, roundels, 13.2 cm, circa 1600. Renaissance. Elizabeth I. English.

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Accession Number: M.4.1-13 & A-1920
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
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Image width: 1024 pixels
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Filesize: 165.06kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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17th Century Artistic Movement Date Department Elizabethan English Fitz_AA Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Renaissance Tudor Period Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd box box lid circular painted round roundel tableware trencher wood wooden woodwork

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