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Maker: Unknown
Gold, enamel and pearls; rectangular in the form of a book, the front enamelled with a cherub
Gold, enamel and pearls; rectangular in the form of a book, the lid opens like a cover to reveal a grill pierced in a simple diaper-work pattern. The cover is enamelled with a dark blue guilloché ground in the centre of which is enamelled in colours a cherub holding a bow with a broken string. The three sides of the cover away from the hinge have a border of half pearls. The base is similarly decorated but the central image depicts a lamb sitting on a drum next to a book, two peaches and a spray of flowers. The hinge is set into the spine of the book, which is decorated with four panels of puce guilloché enamelling alternating with narrow bands of gold and five bands of white spots on a black enamel. The top puce band contains a vacant oval cartouche. Inside the spine is a small cavity for scent. The stopper (A) has a flat circular top enamelled in red within a green border. The three sides of the box (book) are enamelled in a translucent brown flecked with gold.
History note: Not known before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest
Height: 0.7 cm
Length: 4 cm
Width: 2.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960-12-13) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
19th Century, first half#
1800
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1850
Decoration composed of enamel
Inscription present: a lozenge-shaped cartouche containing a key between two illegible letters or numbers
Accession number: M.96 & A-1961
Primary reference Number: 150695
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Vinaigrette" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/150695 Accessed: 2024-11-25 00:56:12
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