IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150687
accession number:	M.78-1961

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 20 September 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Red agate with silver lid and mounts, parcel-gilt and engraved.  Rectangular with a flat back, cut corners and a serpentine front; the sides are slightly concave.  The almost flat lid has a recessed hinge and a double scroll-shaped thumbpiece.  The top is engraved with a thread edge border and stylised leaves round a circular cartouche contining of a posy of flowers, including a rose and carnation, tied with a ribbon.  The silver rim mount has a border of pieced and engraved stiff leaves.   The inner edge of the bezel and the interior of the lid are gilt.
object type: shaped rectangular, red agate box with silver lid engraved with posy of flowers
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/150687


SUBJECTS
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rose
carnation
flower
rose
carnation
flower



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1730 - 1760
creation date earliest:	1730
creation date latest:	1760
culture:	18th Century, Mid

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.4

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 7.0



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