Four scenes from a novel
Maker: Unknown
Hand painted chicken-skin leaf, on pierced and fretted ivory sticks and carved and pierced ivory guards.
History note: The Lennox Boyd Collection. Christies no. 70
Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from The Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1780
Leaf
composed of
chicken skin
Sticks, Guards
composed of
ivory
Guards
Sticks
Accession number: M.67-2015
Primary reference Number: 206707
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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