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Goldsmith:
Sevin, Pierre (goldsmith)
(Probably)
Retailer:
George
Lacquer worker:
Unknown
Gold box set with six Japanese lacquer panels
Gold and lacquer; rectangular with hinged flat lid and straight sides. The cagework box contains a Japanese lacquer panel on each of its six sides. The lid projects slightly over the sides of the box. The mounts are engraved with reed and ribbon decoration and the box is lined in gold. The lacquer panel on the lid depicts a landscape with flowering trees and two Japanese buildings on stilts; the base depicts pine saplings growing beside a stream; the front side panel depicts part of a leaf; the left side panel depicts a roof and a landscape with trees, and is inlaid with small squares of copper or red enamel; the back side panel depicts part of a landscape and is inlaid with small squares of black stone or enamel; and the right side panel depicts part of a leaf.
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 3.0 cm
Length: 7.1 cm
Width: 5.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960-12-13) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, third quarter
Louis XV
Production date:
AD 1768
French box with Japanese panels.
Panel
composed of
lacquer
Box
composed of
gold
Inscription present: 'PS' with two pellets and a symbol above
Inscription present: a crowned script 'E'
Inscription present: a floral cluster
Inscription present: a helmeted head
Inscription present: the head of an animal
Inscription present: 64
Accession number: M.72-1961
Primary reference Number: 150682
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/150682 Accessed: 2024-11-02 14:42:00
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