Silver snuff box, engraved with a portrait of The Old Pretender

An image of Snuff Box/Objets de vertu. The underside of the tortoise shell lid set with an oval silver portrait of Prince James The Old Pretender. Unknown English Maker. Style of Passe, Simon de (Dutch, c.1595-1647). Belle, Simon Alexis (production, after). Silver box, tortoise shell lid, engraved silver plaque, silver mount of lid, the interior of the base is gilt. Height 1.4 cm, length 7.5 cm, width 6.0 cm, circa 1720.

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Snuff Box/Objets de vertu. The underside of the tortoise shell lid set with an oval silver portrait of Prince James The Old Pretender. Unknown English Maker. Style of Passe, Simon de (Dutch, c.1595-1647). Belle, Simon Alexis (production, after). Silver box, tortoise shell lid, engraved silver plaque, silver mount of lid, the interior of the base is gilt. Height 1.4 cm, length 7.5 cm, width 6.0 cm, circa 1720.

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Accession Number: M.7-1992
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 855 pixels
Image width: 884 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 537.16kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:07:01 14:09:50

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