IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150635 accession number: M.58-1984 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 ----- type: history note value: not known before donors, Dr and Mrs J.C. Burkill LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Dr & Mrs J.C. Burkill STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150635 PEOPLE ------------------- woman lady maid SUBJECTS ------------------- snuff taking table mirror chocolate dragonfly tree flower drinking bedroom table mirror chocolate dragonfly tree flower drinking bedroom CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes category: piqué work category: objets de vertu DATING ------ creation date: 1730 - 1760 creation date earliest: 1730 creation date latest: 1760 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II culture: Louis XV CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 1.6 dimension: Length units: cm value: 8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 6.5 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Black Atlantic: Power | People | Resistance title: Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment CITATIONS -------- 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 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/M_58_1984_1_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 674 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/mid_M_58_1984_1_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 329 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/M_58_1984_1_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 674 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/preview_M_58_1984_1_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 165 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/M_58_1984_2_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 1009 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: 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