15929612140001312637261000Standard Recordobject-166623170292708146016455291250001702926897656fitz-onlineadlib-object-166623https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166623433b20cf-d1bf-328d-a068-17332203bc185personreferenceagent-150796adlib-agent-150796ec5a0c8a-e54c-3735-adea-0fd5dd14f994Cupidreferenceterm-89123adlib-term-89123f3294179-a5f5-38ca-9b8e-da204deb7f4dboxes (containers)referenceterm-115872adlib-term-1158726da1c0ff-a799-3023-9ff4-fe88fbdd54e2Leonard D. Cunliffereferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-29409adlib-term-29409f1f4145c-3fc8-365a-9df5-c7f7131d3bc2engravingIvoryivory, carved, engraved, and paintedreferenceterm-98865adlib-term-98865aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9carvingApplied Artsrectangular, ivory box painted in colours on a magenta ground; the lid inscribed 'Je la doucis'Ivory, engraved and painted in magenta, black pink and yellow, with gilt metal hinges. Rectangular, the base with straight sides. The moulded sides of the lid projecting slightly over the base. The two projecting hinges are pinned to a metal scroll inside the box. The upper surface and interior of the lid and the base are engraved in outline in black and painted on a magenta ground. The top of the lid is decorated with a roundel of Cupid at a grindstone, a heart held in his hands against the stone, and his right foot on the pedal. The scroll above the roundel is inscribed 'Je la doucis'. The roundel is surrounded by scrolling foliage, flowers, pendant garlands and a shell in green, pink and yellow. At each corner is a swag of green fruit on a pink stippled ground. The inside of the lid is decorated with a cockerel surrounded by green, pink and yellow scrolling foliage and flowers within a black border beneath which is the inscription 'Mariaval le Jeune a Rouen fecit'. The base is decorated with a pink, green and yellow spray of three flowers in a white border. The box contains 19 long narrow counters decorated on both sides with a floral design on a magenta ground, and six elongated octagonal counters decorated on both sides with a magenta floral border, and numbered in black '5', '10', '20', '30' '40' or '50'. Each counter is drilled with a small hole near the edge. (with M.14 & A-R-1938, M.15 & A-Z-1938 and M.17 & A-X-1938)M.16 & A-Y-19381accession numberM.16 & A-Y-1938166623priref166623urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166623https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166623inside the lidinscribedMariaval le Jeune a Rouen fecitsignatureon the lidinscribedJe la doucismottoon the back between the two hingesink on paperB / 22 / L.?paper labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumL.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937referenceagent-149807adlib-agent-149807e699d770-0f16-32bf-b0b1-da62f9118c29Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham193719371937bequeathedreference to sale given in inventory of Cunliffe collection as Christie 22.3.1817201720CE1720circa1720173011730CE1730circa1730makerreferenceagent-156855adlib-agent-1568551f396cf6-b4a6-3247-9b27-2af631f692afMariaval, Le JeuneMariaval le Jeune was an engraver on ivory in Rouen and in Paris in the early to mid 18th century. He designed the card game Reversino (Reversis) in which the object is to avoid winning tricks. This set of four boxes are probably intended for this game.referenceterm-106655adlib-term-106655ee8a7821-8b3c-3059-913f-eca0d91befec18th Century, Early#referenceterm-106578adlib-term-1065789178abc7-73c4-3424-ba01-62f60a169475literalFranceFrancecountryRouenreferenceterm-40149adlib-term-4014989c91a11-c946-3355-a7f0-e9d757f7a1d5ivoryHeightcm2.2Lengthcm8.5Widthcm6.3referencemedia-146399adlib-media-14639929a065db-2708-3d46-8816-ec71724f08f9jpegaa/aa24/M_16_1938_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels670widthpixels76016162462035181imagejpegaa/aa24/mid_M_16_1938_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels441widthpixels50016162462035181imagejpegaa/aa24/M_16_1938_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels670widthpixels76016162462035181imagejpegaa/aa24/preview_M_16_1938_20_281_29.jpg1heightpixels220widthpixels25016162462035181image0media
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imagereferenceterm-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxobject namereferenceterm-42545adlib-term-42545d3d48b12-e5ee-30fb-94d0-acf8a3f38f8eobjets de vertucategorycounter boxgaming token boxboite à jettonshistory noteS.E. Kennedy; Christie, Manson & Woods, 18-22 March, 1918, Important collection of objects of art, antiquities, armour and arms, on 22 March,1referenceobject-31713adlib-object-317132e2e9fc0-a29f-3cf3-9b50-b130be676f721reference1term-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxbox1referenceobject-166625adlib-object-1666258874b0c2-7b58-34fa-a5cd-f75001eb24261reference1term-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxbox1referenceobject-166624adlib-object-166624b8fdeeb3-732d-3016-9028-a5f3eea6a3a91reference1term-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxboxreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-6452adlib-publication-64527726153f-c49a-39ba-a059-1f065c4abf68Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 16 December 1982referencepublication-5627adlib-publication-5627e86c7e6e-ace3-3d7c-9145-7754d5a2f7eaEnglish and Continental Silver, Portrait Miniatures and Objects of VertuCf: p. 103, lot 132, a set of four boxes, white, green, red, and yellow for use when playing cards, as the boxes are marked with a heart, diamond, spade and club respecitively. Attributed to Marieval Le Jeune, Paris, 1720. Estimate £1,500-2,000/E.2,200-2,900103referencepublication-5722adlib-publication-5722b52558c0-aa31-37cc-a877-b59123cba357European Ceramics, Silver and Vertureferencepublication-8862adlib-publication-886264269033-a03a-3828-bb2f-206ca93671cfEuropean Ceramics, Silver and Vertureferenceterm-8399adlib-term-83996611ae15-9298-340e-8c20-9fc4c7a76bf8Frenchobject namereferenceterm-45112adlib-term-45112843a07f5-8bd5-3e29-a379-27b38da517d7grindstoneanimalreferenceterm-109726adlib-term-1097265812ce64-1f8d-3a4e-8ff2-4cde3b3c97cccockerelplantreferenceterm-106795adlib-term-106795619c7689-2029-3c57-b0e2-12f5b54bedb8flowerliteralgrindstonegrindstoneliteralcockerelcockerelliteralflowerflowerreferenceterm-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxboxOne of a set of four counter boxesobject
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