Snuff box: M.71-1961

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Gold box set with panels of brown aventurine feldspar

Gold, aventurine feldspar and enamel; rectangular with cut corners and straight sides and hinged flat lid. The gold cagework box is set with ten panels (eight round the sides and one in the lid and base) of brown aventurine flecked with gold. Round the lid, the recessed base and at the top and bottom of the sides the gold mounts are engraved with a guilloche pattern border enamelled in green with white dots. The side mounts are embossed and chased to resemble pillasters.

Notes

History note: Sotheby's auction 28 June 1934, formerly in the stock of Messrs. Parkes of Vigo Street, London W.1.

Legal notes

L.C.G. Clarke Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 2.8 cm
Length: 7.8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Place(s) associated

Paris ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960-12-13) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

18th Century, Late
1782 - 1783

School or Style

Components of the work

Panel composed of aventurine glass
Box composed of gold

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.71-1961
Primary reference Number: 150681
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 September 2012

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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