IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150675
accession number:	M.88-1961

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 July 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tortoise shell with silver mounts and stamped and chased portrait bust.  Oval box with straight sides and flat lid.  The sides of the lid and the projecting hinge are of silver and have a scalloped edge.  The top of the lid is set with a double portrait bust of William III and Queen Mary in relief.
object type: oval, tortoise shell box with silver mounts and portrait bust of William III and Queen Mary
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/150675

PEOPLE
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William III and Queen Mary

SUBJECTS
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coronation
coronation



TECHNIQUES
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The tortoise shell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the lid and parts of the base, which were glued together.  The hinge was soldered to the silver sides and pinned to the base.  The portrait bust was stamped and chased and pinned to the lid, which was set into the silver sides.
carving
TECHNIQUES
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pressing

CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1689 - 1725
creation date earliest:	1689
creation date latest:	1725
culture:	17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 1.9

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8.3

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 6.5



CITATIONS
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John Obrisset
Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 1
Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 2
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