IDENTIFIERS
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id:	156372
accession number:	RTR.M.4

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 4 October 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Gilt metal lined with tortoise shell; rectangular with concave sides, slightly convex lid and projecting shaped thumbpiece.  The lid is embossed and chased in high relief with an irregular rococo cartouche containing two cherubs in a landscape.  The cherub on the right holds a basket of hearts and sits next to a vase of flowers; the cherub on the left wears a cloak, and behind him are two swans.   The four sides are embossed and chased with floral sprays alternating with masks and flanked by scrolls. On the base, within a rectangular rococo cartouche, the initials 'AW' in script over the date '1761' are engraved.  The sides and base of the interior are lined with panels of tortoise shell.
object type: gilt metal lined with tortoise shell; rectangular with concave sides, the lid embossed with two cherubs in a rococo cartouche
title:	snuff 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

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156372

PEOPLE
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cherub

SUBJECTS
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vase
swan
flower
vase
swan
flower



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1761 - 1761
creation date earliest:	1761
creation date latest:	1761
culture:	18th Century, Mid
culture:	George III

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2.8

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 7.1

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.4



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth's England
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