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Box

Maker(s)

Maker: Colarossi, Lorenzo (Box)
Maker: Cooper, John Paul (Catch)

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Description

Walnut covered in rough shagreen, mounted in silver with a silver clasp.

Walnut wood (?), covered with shagreen and mounted in silver. Rectangular with four silver bun feet, a button-operated fastener at centre front and a slightly convex lid attached to the lower part by two silver hinges. The sides and lid are divided into five panels by strips of silver with silver studs at regular intervals, and the edges are mounted in silver with rope edging. The button of the clasp is surrounded by a square silver plate embossed with a wreath of curling leaves and four studs, and has a scalloped outer edge with four large and four small studs.

Notes

History note: Rembrandt Gallery, Vigo Street, (Robert Dunthorne & Son Ltd), London; purchased by Ernest Marsh (1863-1945), for the Contemporary Art Society, October 1933; presented to The Fitzwilliam Museum, 1944

Legal notes

Given by the Contemporary Art Society, 1944

Measurements and weight

Height: 8.6 cm
Length: 22 cm
Width: 10.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1944) by Contemporary Art Society

Dating

20th Century
George V
Production date: c. AD 1932 : This casket is mentioned in J.P. Cooper's Sketch Book II, p. 23, no. 23, February, 1932 as "Big Oblong rough skin", costing about £9.12.0.

Note

According to n J.P. Cooper's Costing Book IV, no. 1000 Colarossi spent 50 hours making the box, and the catch was made by Cooper himself

School or Style

Arts and Crafts (movement)

Components of the work

Covering composed of shagreen
Box composed of walnut
Mounts composed of silver

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Fitzwilliam Museum / Cambridge / Presented by / Ernest Marsh Esq 1944 / Silver & Shagreen Casket / made by Paul Cooper. / No. 2. / M.2-1944
  • Location: Paper glued to the inside floor of the box
  • Method of creation: Printed and hand written in blackink
  • Type: Museum label
  • Text: J Paul Cooper
  • Location: On narrow silver plaque on the inner back edge
  • Method of creation: Engraving
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M/P.2-1944
Primary reference Number: 81860

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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