IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150635
accession number:	M.58-1984

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 January 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
title:	snuff box

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before donors, Dr and Mrs J.C. Burkill


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Dr & Mrs J.C. Burkill

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150635

PEOPLE
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woman
lady
maid

SUBJECTS
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snuff taking
table
mirror
chocolate
dragonfly
tree
flower
drinking
bedroom
table
mirror
chocolate
dragonfly
tree
flower
drinking
bedroom



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes
category: piqué work
category: objets de vertu

DATING
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creation date:	1730 - 1760
creation date earliest:	1730
creation date latest:	1760
culture:	18th Century, Mid
culture:	George II
culture:	Louis XV

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 1.6

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 6.5



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Black Atlantic: Power | People | Resistance
title:	Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
CITATIONS
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Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance
European and American snuff boxes, 1730-1830
Catalogue des tabatières, boîtes et étuis des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles du musée du Louvre
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