IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150638 accession number: M.12 & A-1917 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Tortoiseshell with embossed, chased and engraved silver plaques. Oval with straight sides. Applied to the top of the slightly domed pull-off lid are two silver portrait busts; the one on the left is of Charles I; the one on the right is of Queen Anne. Between the portraits is an applied and engraved silver tree-shape depicting the Boscobel Oak. Amongst the foliage is the head of Prince Charles, later Charles II, with a cherub above him holding out three crowns, symbolic of the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, to which he had succeeded in 1649, whilst either side of the trunk armed Parliamentarians search for the Prince. To the left and right of the horsemen 'Thomas’ and ‘Haines' are inscribed; and at the base is a ribbon containing the motto 'SACRA IOVI QUERCUS'. object type: oval tortoiseshell box with silver plaques of the Boscobel Oak, Charles I and Queen Anne title: snuff box NOTES ----- type: history note value: said to have belonged to Thomas Haines, proprietor of Tom's Coffee House, London LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by C. Fairfax Murray, Esq. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150638 PEOPLE ------------------- Haines, Thomas Charles I Queen Anne Charles II SUBJECTS ------------------- Tom's Coffee House Boscobel Wood Boscobel Wood CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1707 - 1730 creation date earliest: 1707 creation date latest: 1730 culture: 18th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.5 dimension: Length units: cm value: 11.0 dimension: Width units: cm value: 9.0 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment CITATIONS -------- Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment John Obrisset Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 1 Silver Boxes Investing in Silver Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 2 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/m_12_20_26_20a_1917_3_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 737 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/mid_m_12_20_26_20a_1917_3_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 360 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/m_12_20_26_20a_1917_3_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 737 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/preview_m_12_20_26_20a_1917_3_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 180 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/m_12_20_26_20a_1917_2_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 491 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/mid_m_12_20_26_20a_1917_2_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 240 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/m_12_20_26_20a_1917_2_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 491 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/preview_m_12_20_26_20a_1917_2_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 120 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/m_12_20_26_20a_1917_1_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 613 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/mid_m_12_20_26_20a_1917_1_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 299 pixels width: 499 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/m_12_20_26_20a_1917_1_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 613 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/preview_m_12_20_26_20a_1917_1_201404_amt49_mas.jpg height: 150 pixels width: 250 pixels