IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150752
accession number:	M.2 & A-1953

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 24 October 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tortoise shell inlaid with red and yellow gold and silver piqué work and mother-of-pearl armorials and military emblems.  Circular with straight sides and moulded borders.  The top of the flat pull-off lid is decorated with the crown and coat-of-arms of the Queen of Portugal above trophies of war, including standards, armour and drums, surrounded by swags and scrolling foliage.  The moulded borders are inlaid with gold to resemble a rope edge.
object type: circular tortoise shell box inlaid with gold and silver piqué work and mother-of-pearl armorials and military emblems
title:	snuff box

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Said to be a present from the Queen to Dr Willis (a forbear of the donor), who attended her when suffering from a mental disease; lost from the family, seen and bought at Christies by Mr Besant.


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 Mrs M. Besant

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150752

PEOPLE
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Queen of Portugal
Lord Byron
Dr. Willis

SUBJECTS
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standard
drum
trumpet
armour
standard
drum
trumpet
armour



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1777 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1777
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century, Late#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown