Silversmith: Unknown
Silver; circular box with pull-off lid, engraved with flowers and a bird.
Silver with engraved decoration; circular with straight sides and flat pull-off lid. The lid is engraved with flowers and a bird. The base is initialled "E.H.". The interior base of the box is lightlyt scratch engraved "Found in taking down the Old Queen Bess which was in Nicholas Street, Bristol, demolished 1860".
History note: Unknown before testator
Spencer George Perceval Bequest
Diameter: 3.4 cm
Height: 1.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
1680
-
1710
The box is unmarked
Inscription
Lid
Accession number: PER.M.366 & A-1923
Primary reference Number: 150645
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Confit box" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/150645 Accessed: 2024-11-22 07:03:46
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/150645
|title=Confit box
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 07:03:46|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-150645
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...