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Maker: Unknown
Wide oval, tortoise shell box with gold mounts set with a carved ivory cameo of a winged scribe
Tortoise shell with gold mounts, set with a carved ivory cameo on wood under glass. Wide oval with straight sides, a rim mount and concealed hinge. The top of the flat lid is set with a circular cameo of a seated winged scribe, facing left, on a wood ground, within a mount which overlaps the projecting thumbpiece.
History note: Not known before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 3.5 cm
Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960-12-13) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
1790
CE
-
1820
CE
The gold does not bear a maker's mark
Cameo Background
composed of
wood
Box
composed of
tortoise shell
Mounts
composed of
gold
Cameo
composed of
ivory
Cameo Cover
composed of
glass
Gold
Ivory
Wood
Accession number: M.92-1961
Primary reference Number: 150679
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Snuff box" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/150679 Accessed: 2024-12-18 18:03:58
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University of Cambridge}}
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