IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150674
accession number:	M.86-1961

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 4 October 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tortoise shell with silver mounts, inlaid thread piqué work and painted armorials in oil paints.  Oval box with straight sides and a slightly convex lid and base.  Pinned to the base is a silver rim mount.  The hinge is piereced with stylised leaves on the base, but unpierced on the lid.  The top of the lid is decorated with a hunting scene of a horseman, huntsman and five dogs chasing a stag.  The interior of the lid is painted with the coat-of-arms and crest of Stuart in white, black, blue and gold.
object type: oval, tortoise shell box with silver mounts and thread piqué work; the lid inlaid with a hunting scene, the interior painted with armorials
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/150674

PEOPLE
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Stuart
horseman
huntsman

SUBJECTS
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dog
stag
dog
stag



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown
maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.7

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 9.7

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8.2



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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