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One of a pair of toilet boxes: M.35.1 & A-1961

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

one of a pair of toilet boxes

Maker(s)

Silversmith: FW

Entities

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Description

Silver; cylindrical; the pull-off lid engraved with armorials within plumed mantling. The coat-of-arms is argent on a pile gules three owls of the field, with a crest of a lynx. (with M.35.2 & A-1961)

Notes

History note: The crest and coat-of arms are for the Cropley family of Suffolk. Acquired before October 1948 by Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D., Leckhampton, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Louis C.G. Clarke Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 9 cm
Diameter: 3½ in
Height: 4.9 cm
Height: 1⅞ in
Weight: 116 g
Weight: 2:14 oz:dwt

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

17th Century, Late#
Charles I
1677 CE - 1678 CE

Components of the work

Armorials

Materials used in production

Silver

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: leopard's head crowned
  • Location: On the inside of the base
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark
  • Text: lion passant
  • Location: On the inside of the base and the inside of the cover
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark
  • Text: U
  • Location: On the inside of the base
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark

Inscription present: 'FW' a star and three pellets below in a shaped shield

  • Text: FW
  • Location: On the inside of the base and the inside of the cover
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Maker's mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.35.1 & A-1961
Primary reference Number: 140590
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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