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Maker: Unknown
Enamel on copper with gilt metal mounts; oval in section with tapering sides, decorated in colours with four pastoral vignettes on a pale pink ground
Enamel on copper with chased gilt metal mounts. Oval in section with tapering sides, hinged lid and sprung button catch. Enamelled in polychrome with five vignettes in Classical settings within raised white enamelled scrolling cartouches on a pale pink ground decorated with white dots and scrolls. On the base are depicted a a female figure leaning on a globe and a kneeling cherub, both looking through telescopes and symbolising Astronomy; a female figure holding a cornucopia symbolising Plenty, seated beside a lion with two cherubs climbing on his back. On the lid are depicted a cherub dancing, a cherub carving a bust, symbolising Sculpture, and a cherub playing a flute, symbolising Music. The interior divider has a gilt metal top with spaces for six tools. It contains a pair of scissors (A), a button hook (B), a bodkin (C), a file (D), a stiletto (E) and a bodkin case (F).
History note: Uncertain before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 2.8 cm
Length: 9.7 cm
Width: 4.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, third quarter
Circa
1760
CE
-
1770
CE
Implement
composed of
metal
Mount
composed of
metal
Decoration
composed of
enamel
Etui
composed of
copper
Surface Of Implement
composed of
gold
Surface Of Mount
composed of
gold
Accession number: MAR.M.288 & A-F-1912
Primary reference Number: 156361
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Etui" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/156361 Accessed: 2024-12-18 22:58:58
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