IDENTIFIERS
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id:	168933
accession number:	O.39 & A-1961

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 14 December 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Soapstone, the sides carved with elaborate animal masks, the front and back carved with pierced floral pattern revealing the inner body.
There are some doubts whether this type of soapstone container was originally made to hold snuff.
title:	snuff bottle

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Lady Jenkinson's collection. Formed by her cousin, the late Robert Windsor Richards of Usk Priory, Monmouth


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
collection:	Lady Jenkinson
creditline: Bequeathed by Lady Jenkinson

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/168933





TECHNIQUES
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piercing
TECHNIQUES
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carving

CATEGORIES
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category: snuff bottles

DATING
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creation date:	1750 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1750
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	Qing Dynasty

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 4.1