IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150653
accession number:	PER.M.352-1923

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 11 August 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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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
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type: history note
value: not known before accession


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: S.G. Perceval Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150653

PEOPLE
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fisherman
sailor

SUBJECTS
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tower
fishing
sailing
harbour
tower
fishing
sailing
harbour



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1750 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1750
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century, Mid-Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.2

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8.8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 3.7



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