IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150648 accession number: PER.M.355 & A-1923 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Horn, carved and pressed. Oval with straight sides. The top of pull-off lid depicting two cockerels fighting, with a hen and several chickens in the foreground. The initials 'OB' are pressed near the lower right edge. object type: oval, horn box pressed with a vignette of a cock fight title: snuff box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Spencer George Perceval Collection creditline: Spencer George Perceval Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150648 SUBJECTS ------------------- cockerel hen cockerel hen TECHNIQUES ---------- the base, sides and lid were carved from horn. The pieces were then heated and pressed to form flat sheets, moulding or pressed patterns before being glued to form a box, which was then stained, possibly to resemble bronze. carving TECHNIQUES ---------- staining TECHNIQUES ---------- pressing TECHNIQUES ---------- heating CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1705 - 1728 creation date earliest: 1705 creation date latest: 1728 culture: 18th Century, Early CREATORS -------- maker: Obrisset, John DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.5 dimension: Length units: cm value: 10.3 dimension: Width units: cm value: 8 CITATIONS -------- Horn, Medals and Straw, A Little Known Link Jean Obrisset ---