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Tortoise-shell box with a miniature of a vase of mixed flowers on a ledge
Miniaturist:
Redouté, Pierre Joseph
Box maker:
Unknown
Tortoise-shell with miniature of flowers in a stone vase on a marble ledge
Tortoise-shell and gold with a miniature in watercolour and bodycolour on card, mounted in gilt metal and set under glass. The circular box has slightly concave sides and hinged lid. The interior sides of the box, bezel, rim mounts, hinge and arched thumbpiece are of gold. The circular miniature depicts a pale stone vase of flowers, including heartsease, anemones, blue aster, marigolds, campanula, auricula and centifolia roses, on a marble slab.
History note: Not known before testator
Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973-04-06) by Broughton, Henry Rogers, Major the Hon.
19th Century, Early-Mid#
Charles X or Louis-Philippe I
1827
CE
-
1840
CE
Pierre Joseph Redouté was Flemish but worked in Paris
French box with Flemish painting
Miniature
composed of
watercolour
bodycolour
card
Box
composed of
tortoise shell
Miniature Mount
composed of
metal
Box Mount
composed of
gold
Surface Of Mount
composed of
gold
Whole Box
Diameter 8.5 cm
Height 2.8 cm
Watercolour : The tortoise-shell was carved, heated and moulded to form the parts of the box which were glued together; the miniature was painted in watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, which was set under glass in a mount of gilded metal
Accession number: M.69-1973
Primary reference Number: 2902
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tortoise-shell box with a miniature of a vase of mixed flowers on a ledge" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/2902 Accessed: 2024-12-27 19:48:25
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