IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150694 accession number: M.79 & A-1961 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. object type: circular box with tortoise shell sides and glass lid and base; the lid decorated with a carved mother-of-pearl cherub, pearls and beads title: snuff box NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before testator LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Louis C. G. Clarke creditline: L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150694 PEOPLE ------------------- Carlos IV cherub SUBJECTS ------------------- coronation tree flower tree flower CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1788 - 1788 creation date earliest: 1788 creation date latest: 1788 culture: 18th Century, Late culture: King Carlos Iv of Spain, born 1748, crowned 1788, died 1819 CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 6.6 dimension: Height units: cm value: 2.2 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/m_79_20_26_20a_1961_1_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 984 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/mid_m_79_20_26_20a_1961_1_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 521 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/m_79_20_26_20a_1961_1_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 984 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/preview_m_79_20_26_20a_1961_1_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 260 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/m_79_20_26_20a_1961_2_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 572 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/mid_m_79_20_26_20a_1961_2_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 279 pixels width: 499 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/m_79_20_26_20a_1961_2_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 572 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/preview_m_79_20_26_20a_1961_2_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 140 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/m_79_20_26_20a_1961_3_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 816 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/mid_m_79_20_26_20a_1961_3_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 398 pixels width: 499 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/m_79_20_26_20a_1961_3_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 816 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/preview_m_79_20_26_20a_1961_3_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 199 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/large_m_79_20_26_20a_1961_4_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 668 pixels width: 1023 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/mid_m_79_20_26_20a_1961_4_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 326 pixels width: 499 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/m_79_20_26_20a_1961_4_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 669 pixels width: 1025 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/preview_m_79_20_26_20a_1961_4_201404_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 163 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_79_20_26_20A_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 718 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_M_79_20_26_20A_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 529 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_79_20_26_20A_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 718 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_M_79_20_26_20A_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 265 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_79_20_26_20A_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 694 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_M_79_20_26_20A_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 548 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_79_20_26_20A_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 694 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_M_79_20_26_20A_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 274 pixels width: 250 pixels