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Maker: Unknown
Circular box with tortoise shell sides and glass lid and base; the lid decorated with a carved mother-of-pearl cherub, pearls and beads
Tortoise shell sides inlaid with gold and silver piqué work; glass lid and base; the lid with applied carved mother-of-pearl, pearls and beads of turquoise, emerald, sapphire, garnet (or coloured glass) and bone. Circular with straight sides decorated with a geometric pattern of silver scale-work and gold flowerheads; the moulded borders decorated with silver and gold ropework. The top of the flat pull-off lid has a vignette made of beads depicting a tree and flowers beside an oval cartouche containing the entwined initials 'CC' beneath a crown held by a mother-of-pearl cherub. There is a gilt metal mount in the base, but the mount from the lid is missing.
History note: Not known before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Diameter: 6.6 cm
Height: 2.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960-12-13) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Late
King Carlos Iv of Spain, born 1748, crowned 1788, died 1819
Production date:
circa
AD 1788
The lid of the box had the applied inscription 'Coronamiento de Carlos IV', which was lost some time before 21 August 2007, but which dates the box to the year of Carlos IV's coronation or shortly after, and indicates the box was probably made in Spain. (The word 'coronamiento' is an early form of the word 'coronation'.)
Beads
composed of
glass
( possibly)
emerald
turquoise
sapphire
garnet
pearl
Sides
composed of
tortoise shell
Cherub
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Inlay In Sides
composed of
gold
silver
Lid And Base
composed of
glass
Accession number: M.79 & A-1961
Primary reference Number: 150694
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/150694 Accessed: 2024-11-22 03:36:16
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