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A lady at her dressing table
Translated as: oval, tortoise shell box inlaid with gold piqué point work flowers; the interior painted with a vignette of a lady seated before her dressing table
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(Maker)
Tortoise shell with chased gilt metal mounts, inlaid gold piqué point work and a painted polychrome vignette in bodycolour, probably on card, under glass. Oval with straight sides with projecting edges and a projecting hinge. The top of the lid is decorated with a flowering tree, rocks, plants and a dragonfly. The base is decorated with a simpler image of a plant, cloud and dragonfly. The interior of the lid is painted with a lady seated before her dressing table and mirror; she reads a letter whilst attended by a black servant bringing chocolate or coffee. The thumbpiece and mount of the lid are chased with stylized foliage and flower heads.
History note: Not known before donor
Given by Dr & Mrs J.C. Burkill
Height: 1.6 cm
Length: 8 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1984-07-23)
by
Burkill, J. C., Dr & Mrs
Mid 18th Century
1730
CE
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1760
CE
Painting composed of bodycolour glass Box composed of tortoise shell Mounts composed of metal Piqué Work composed of gold Surface Of Mounts composed of gold Gold Piqué
Accession number: M.58-1984
Primary reference Number: 150635
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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"A lady at her dressing table"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/150635 Accessed: 2022-05-17 19:17:09
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Accession Number: C.36-1933
Accession Number: 423
Accession Number: P.12081-R
Accession Number: M.6-1991
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