IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150650
accession number:	PER.M.357 & A-1923

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 30 June 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Horn, carved and pressed.  Oval with straight sides.  The top of the pull-off lid depicting four men drinking in a garden; a maid carries a large jug to their table on which stands a punch bowl and pipes.  The initials 'SL' are pressed beneath the foot of the seated drinker.
object type: oval, horn box pressed with a vignette of men drinking in a garden
title:	snuff box

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before testator


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Spencer George Perceval Collection
creditline: Spencer George Perceval Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150650

PEOPLE
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men
maid

SUBJECTS
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garden
drinking
garden
drinking



TECHNIQUES
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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
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staining
TECHNIQUES
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pressing
TECHNIQUES
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heating

CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1683 - 1727
creation date earliest:	1683
creation date latest:	1727
culture:	17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Lambalet, Samuel

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.0

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 10.0

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8.0



CITATIONS
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Horn, Medals and Straw, A Little Known Link
Jean Obrisset
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