IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150749
accession number:	M.13 & A-1948

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 18 October 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Green lacquer inlaid with gold piqué work with red lacquer borders inlaid with silver piqué work; the lid set with a miniature in polychrome enamel on copper within a gold (or gilt metal) mount; the interior lined with tortoise shell.  Circular.  The straight sides, flat lid and base are inlaid with gold piqué work stars within a border of crosses.  The moulded borders are inlaid with silver piqué work stars and rope decoration.  On the top of the pull-off lid is an applied slightly domed oval plaque depicting Venus and Cupid playing with two doves in a pastoral scene.  Round the plaque the gold (or gilt metal) mount is engraved with borders of zigzags, bright cut ovals and ropework.
object type: circular, green lacquer box inlaid with gold piqué work; the lid set with a miniature of Venus and Cupid
title:	box

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
creditline: Given by P.C. Manuk & Miss C. D. Coles through the National Art Collections Fund

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150749

PEOPLE
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Venus
Cupid

SUBJECTS
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dove
dove



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1775 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1775
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century, Late#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 7.8

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2.8



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