IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150649 accession number: PER.M.356 & A-1923 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Horn, carved and pressed. Oval with straight sides. The top of the pull-off lid depicting Alexander the Great accompanied by his lieutenant, Ephesion, visiting the mourning family of the defeated Persian king Darius III after the battle of Issus; beneath, in relief, is the legend 'Sui victoria indicat Regem'. Inside the lid and base are the pressed initials 'OB' within four concentric oval rings. object type: oval, horn box pressed with a vignette of Alexander the Great standing before the kneeling family of Darius III 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/150649 PEOPLE ------------------- Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC) Ephestion Darius III 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: 2.6 dimension: Length units: cm value: 10.3 dimension: Width units: cm value: 8.3 CITATIONS -------- Horn, Medals and Straw, A Little Known Link Jean Obrisset --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_356_1923_20_281_29.jpg height: 707 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_PER_M_356_1923_20_281_29.jpg height: 465 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_356_1923_20_281_29.jpg height: 707 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_PER_M_356_1923_20_281_29.jpg height: 233 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_356_1923_20_282_29.jpg height: 654 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_PER_M_356_1923_20_282_29.jpg height: 430 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_356_1923_20_282_29.jpg height: 654 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_PER_M_356_1923_20_282_29.jpg height: 215 pixels width: 250 pixels