1592963723000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-150725 1747160602161 1714399837000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-150725 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150725 c51c93a9-e03e-3cea-a9c3-c88f404968ac 5 person reference agent-1558 adlib-agent-1558 66ad3946-ce5c-3e14-b6cd-3983f5e927c2 Alexander person reference agent-182738 adlib-agent-182738 190aeb0c-4d49-3b04-814d-369a1b0835ed Darius reference term-110356 adlib-term-110356 8d05cb33-74bb-3662-85eb-e320b21f776d boxes reference term-32923 adlib-term-32923 80451834-13fc-3c48-9d3a-2ecb13f8d1b2 mother-of-pearl Base reference term-33526 adlib-term-33526 425126a7-43a0-3820-9f61-83edd4c666eb bloodstone Stone reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Box Height cm 2.4 Length cm 6.4 Width cm 4.3 Box And Lid Length cm 2.1 Width cm 1.8 Bloodstone Borders, Etc. reference term-29590 adlib-term-29590 95cc4be3-6bab-33cb-8379-ff07352cfc5e soldering Decoration reference term-128056 adlib-term-128056 1be52deb-5203-3118-8904-dbec472a0b99 chasing or stamping Lid And Sides The silver lid and sides were raised and chased or stamped with decoration. They were soldered to the moulded borders with the hinge and thumbpiece. The mother-of pearl plaque was carved and set in the base. The bloodstone was carved and set on the lid. reference term-125937 adlib-term-125937 7861750a-4734-3bc3-9752-fd76a6601024 raising Mother-of-pearl reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving Applied Arts oval silver box chased with animals from Aesop's fables and set with a carved bloodstone and a mother-of-pearl plaque Silver chased and set with a carved bloodstone and a mother-of-pearl plaque. Oval with a flat back, slightly convex sides and a recessed hinge. The almost flat lid is chased with four panels each containing animals from Aesop's fables, including a fox, raven, dog, cockerel and chicken. In the centre is an oval bloodstone intaglio depicting the family of the Emperor Darius before Alexander and Hephaestion. The sides are chased with four panels containing a fox, a rabbit, houses and birds. The base is set with a large oval mother-of-pearl plaque. M.1-1938 1 accession number M.1-1938 150725 priref 150725 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150725 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150725 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by A.F. Schofield reference agent-176430 adlib-agent-176430 ab14ab98-4f18-3634-aeba-79785d157ba9 Schofield, A. F. 1938 1938 1938-02-08 given Entry date: 1938-02-08 1700 1700 CE 1700 after 1700 1740 The silver does not bear a hallmark 1 1740 CE 1740 1740 silversmith reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown The intaglio is possibly based on the the engraving by Robert Edelinck, which is after the painting of 1660 by Charles Lebrun 'La Reine de Perses aux Pieds d'Alexandre'. However, it is in reverse to both the engraving and painting and has been simplified. The silver does not bear a maker's mark reference term-106655 adlib-term-106655 ee8a7821-8b3c-3059-913f-eca0d91befec 18th Century, Early reference term-120306 adlib-term-120306 4c444129-3d8c-340f-bfbd-b4d82e5cbd17 literal France France country possibly France reference media-125450 adlib-media-125450 031a7161-438a-3d0c-a9fc-7da86a263830 jpeg aa/aa24/M_1_1938_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 617 width pixels 760 1742590836336 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/mid_M_1_1938_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 406 width pixels 500 1742590836336 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/M_1_1938_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 617 width pixels 760 1742590836336 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/preview_M_1_1938_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 203 width pixels 250 1742590836336 1 image 0 media image reference media-125451 adlib-media-125451 f0f14dac-4962-3a55-ae02-d9b08d87e35b jpeg aa/aa24/M_1_1938_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 668 width pixels 760 1742590834543 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/mid_M_1_1938_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 439 width pixels 499 1742590834543 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/M_1_1938_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 668 width pixels 760 1742590834543 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/preview_M_1_1938_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 220 width pixels 250 1742590834543 1 image 1 media image reference media-125452 adlib-media-125452 70da6968-2082-3a93-9894-37e86ec4c9e3 jpeg aa/aa24/M_1_1938_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 637 width pixels 760 1742590902318 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/mid_M_1_1938_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 419 width pixels 500 1742590902318 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/M_1_1938_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 637 width pixels 760 1742590902318 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/preview_M_1_1938_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 210 width pixels 250 1742590902318 1 image 2 media image reference term-117366 adlib-term-117366 378ecbe6-ac1b-3780-9c78-2b67f93574d8 snuff box object name reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver category reference term-42545 adlib-term-42545 d3d48b12-e5ee-30fb-94d0-acf8a3f38f8e objets de vertu category history note formerly the property of Dr F.H.H. Guillemard (1852-1933) reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-1001 adlib-publication-1001 8a7511ba-ee85-3680-b8c4-240a59abf701 Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge reference publication-1328 adlib-publication-1328 1741adf7-0acd-3669-a3e3-9a6e77911d6b Le peintre-graveur français, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch reference publication-2846 adlib-publication-2846 e6c981bf-8710-3825-b193-d87a20b2838a Aesop's Fables reference publication-6536 adlib-publication-6536 775605bf-f658-3562-958a-3b521f43aa2d Fables Choisies reference term-8399 adlib-term-8399 6611ae15-9298-340e-8c20-9fc4c7a76bf8 French animal reference term-9852 adlib-term-9852 10f8d89a-5eb7-3934-8931-0f898e99aa9d Fox animal reference term-81073 adlib-term-81073 afcd0aec-cc0b-385e-8b79-3c42b02cf3e8 dog animal reference term-108522 adlib-term-108522 92eb99ff-a001-3ef5-8f7a-bf670b1f03e1 raven animal reference term-109726 adlib-term-109726 5812ce64-1f8d-3a4e-8ff2-4cde3b3c97cc cockerel animal reference term-106419 adlib-term-106419 6a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90 bird literal Fox Fox literal dog dog literal raven raven literal cockerel cockerel literal bird bird

reference term-117366 adlib-term-117366 378ecbe6-ac1b-3780-9c78-2b67f93574d8 snuff box

snuff box object OBJECT