IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150673
accession number:	M.85-1961

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver with tortoise shell lid inlaid with silver thread piqué work.  Rectangular box with straight sides, projecting moulded edges and two projecting hinges.  The lid is decorated a vignette of a tree supporting a crown, from which issue a rose and thistle; to the right there is a cherub blowing a trumpet with a Union Flag; underneath is a ribbon inscribed 'L'VNION CONSERVE TOVT'.
object type: rectangular, silver box with tortoise shell lid inlaid with silver thread piqué work vignette and motto 'L'VNION CONSERVE TOUT'
title:	snuff box

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known 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:	Louis C. G. Clarke
creditline: L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150673

PEOPLE
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angel

SUBJECTS
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A celebration of the union between England and Scotland
Union Flag
crown
rose
thistle
A celebration of the union between England and Scotland
Union Flag
crown
rose
thistle



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1707 - 1720
creation date earliest:	1707
creation date latest:	1720
culture:	18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.9



CITATIONS
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The Art of the Jeweller, A Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum: Jewellery, Engraved Gems and Goldsmiths' Work, I
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