IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150653 accession number: PER.M.352-1923 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 11 August 2015 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Tortoise shell, the top of the lid set with a polychrome miniature painted in oil on velum, set under glass in a gilt metal mount. Boat-shaped with oval slightly concave lid with a gilt metal hinge attached with a turquoise capped pin. The painting depicts ships in a bay in a rustic setting with people in the foreground and a ruined tower and buildings in the background. The top of the box is damaged and the painting, glass and mount are currently loose. object type: boat-shaped tortoise shell box; the lid set with a polychrome miniature of ships in a bay title: snuff box NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before accession 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: S.G. Perceval Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150653 PEOPLE ------------------- fisherman sailor SUBJECTS ------------------- tower fishing sailing harbour tower fishing sailing harbour CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century, Mid-Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.2 dimension: Length units: cm value: 8.8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 3.7 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_352_20_281_29.jpg height: 604 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_PER_M_352_20_281_29.jpg height: 397 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_352_20_281_29.jpg height: 604 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_PER_M_352_20_281_29.jpg height: 199 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_352_20_282_29.jpg height: 540 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_PER_M_352_20_282_29.jpg height: 355 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_352_20_282_29.jpg height: 540 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_PER_M_352_20_282_29.jpg height: 178 pixels width: 250 pixels