Maker: Unknown
Rectangular, tortoise shell box with silver-gilt mounts inlaid with gold piqué work wolf, hound and birds
Tortoise shell with silver-gilt mounts and engraved gold piqué and piqué point work. Rectangular with straight sides and moulded projecting edges. The flat lid has a silver-gilt rim mount and two hinges. The top is decorated with a vignette of a wolf carrying a bone, a spotted hound, two birds and two insects with flowering trees in the background, surrounded by piqué point plants and scrolls. The base is similarly decorated with a smaller vignette of a hound chasing a bird and butterfly. The interior edge of the lid is set with a gilt metal border.
18th Century, Early#
1700
CE
-
1720
CE
Box
composed of
tortoise shell
Inlay
composed of
gold
Surface Of Mount
composed of
gold
Mount And Hinges
composed of
silver
Box And Lid
Height 1.5 cm
Length 7.6 cm
Width 5.6 cm
Gold Piqué
Accession number: RTR.M.15
Primary reference Number: 156400
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Snuff box" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/156400 Accessed: 2024-12-26 20:29:33
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