IDENTIFIERS
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id:	201754
accession number:	M.34-1940

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 4 June 2015
updated:	Wednesday 10 February 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The flask is made from chiselled iron, and is silvered on the relief decoration.  It is of a flattened pear shape with a projecting ring round the mouth, and a stopper with a rounded cylindrical lower part seperated by a projecting ring from the trefid shaped upper part.  It is decorated on one side with a putto beside a fire and enclosed by scrollwork; on the other side there are two exotic birds and an owl amid symmetrical scrollwork.  One side of the stopper is decorated with a male mask surrounded by scrolls, the other with an animal's mask and scrolls.
object type: wear to silver
title:	scent flask

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: Given by Miss E. Rothwell in memory of the late W. E. Miller, F.S.A.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201754





TECHNIQUES
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silvering

CATEGORIES
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category: metalwork

DATING
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culture:	18th Century, Early#


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 11.6

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5