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Snuff box: M.75-1961

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Shell-shaped tortoise shell box, the lid with silver mounts and engraved piqué work strapwork and figures in a shell shape

Tortoise shell; the lid with silver mounts and inlaid with engraved silver piqué work. Shell-shaped with straight sides. The slightly domed lid has stepped silver mounts, two projecting hinges and an arched thumbpiece. The top is decorated to resemble a shell with twelve ribs dividing the surface into thirteen panels. These contain stylised pendant flowers and, in the centre, a naked woman with a cherub on either side. On the base is an impressed plant shape, which would originally have contained a silver piqué ornament.

Notes

History note: Not known before testator

Legal notes

L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960

Measurements and weight

Height: 1.9 cm
Length: 9.3 cm
Width: 6.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

18th Century, Early-Mid#
1710 CE - 1740 CE

Note

The silver does not bear a maker's mark

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Box composed of tortoise shell
Hinges And Mounts composed of silver
Inlay composed of silver
Silver Piqué
Tortoiseshell

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.75-1961
Primary reference Number: 150685
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 1 March 2017 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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