IDENTIFIERS
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id:	156455
accession number:	M.11-1948

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 4 April 2018

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Three copper plaques painted in pale and mid-blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, mauve, red, pale brown and black enamels on a white ground cover the front, spine and back of the metal bookcover, and are held in position by its scalloped edges, which also have a border of twisted gold wire, and hinges joining the back and front to the spine. The front is decorated with a bust of a youth with long brown hair, and a blue drape over a mauve tunic, surrounded by various flowers, including tulips, lilies and carnations. On the back there is a bust of a young woman wearing a blue veil over her head, surrounded by various flowers. The plaque on the spine is decorated with flowers of similar types. One gilt metal hasp is tied on by a red thread, the other is missing.
object type: Copper, painted in polychrome enamels on a white ground with busts of a youth and a woman, each surrounded by flowers and foliage
title:	book cover

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before donor


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: Bequeathed by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles through the National Art Collections Fund

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156455

PEOPLE
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youth
woman

SUBJECTS
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flower
flower



CATEGORIES
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category: enamels

DATING
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creation date:	1650 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1650
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century, second half#

CREATORS
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maker: uncertain

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 7.6

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 11.2