1592970604000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-150635 1762970549076 1762951593000 1762970546993 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-150635 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150635 95367574-b3b8-3dc6-b3d5-e64ac95f4e14 18 person reference agent-149742 adlib-agent-149742 1d4d164f-45d5-3cec-ad71-bbc83cea9b86 woman person reference agent-153504 adlib-agent-153504 e14c6656-c56a-3137-a0e4-6916e389866a lady person reference agent-153571 adlib-agent-153571 2a005189-6d13-3db4-9c9e-dca9c685b9b8 maid reference term-110356 adlib-term-110356 8d05cb33-74bb-3662-85eb-e320b21f776d boxes reference term-147409 adlib-term-147409 401d9e0b-d4a1-3716-bdf2-ca0bfee85d00 piqué work reference term-42545 adlib-term-42545 d3d48b12-e5ee-30fb-94d0-acf8a3f38f8e objets de vertu reference term-106241 adlib-term-106241 ad99470e-9e8a-379d-8a5c-f2ab49864f4b bodycolour reference term-91170 adlib-term-91170 d49ca0b4-ccae-3039-afe0-882c186cff25 glass Painting reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-31734 adlib-term-31734 32f0e347-7ed1-33e5-b730-65f124f9d959 tortoise shell Box The tortoise shell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the parts of a box, which were glued together. The lid and base were inlaid with gold piqué point work. The painting was painted in bodycolour, probably on card. It was set in the lid under glass with a gilt metal mount. The mount was pinned to the hinge and the mount in the base. reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving reference term-26719 adlib-term-26719 1282a270-5a3b-3285-a698-e2b46e8f3197 pressing reference term-32031 adlib-term-32031 4647e9b3-63ed-3a98-9e9e-9d8a9fb04c9b metal Mounts reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Piqué Work reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Surface Of Mounts Gold Piqué reference term-27645 adlib-term-27645 c489df47-4067-3e45-80d3-a0c71cedaaf8 inlay (process) Applied Arts Tortoise shell with chased gilt metal mounts, inlaid gold piqué point work and a painted polychrome vignette in bodycolour, probably on card, under glass. Oval with straight sides with projecting edges and a projecting hinge. The top of the lid is decorated with a flowering tree, rocks, plants and a dragonfly. The base is decorated with a simpler image of a plant, cloud and dragonfly. The interior of the lid is painted with a lady seated before her dressing table and mirror; she reads a letter whilst attended by a black servant bringing chocolate or coffee. The thumbpiece and mount of the lid are chased with stylized foliage and flower heads. 83 reference exhibition-3776 adlib-exhibition-3776 8c3b410c-d186-3c91-9072-2af7a4bebf92 Black Atlantic: Power | People | Resistance 78 reference exhibition-2376 adlib-exhibition-2376 3e2208a0-ad25-3b64-b03f-cb63aa00fd02 Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment M.58-1984 1 accession number M.58-1984 150635 priref 150635 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150635 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150635 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Dr & Mrs J.C. Burkill reference agent-154104 adlib-agent-154104 a1f046cc-3dca-38a3-8c27-5988e685bf5c Burkill, J. C., Dr & Mrs 1984 1984 1984-07-23 given 1730 1730 CE 1730 1730 1760 The box may be of earlier manufacture than the painting in the lid. 1 1760 CE 1760 1760 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-106451 adlib-term-106451 9cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad08631 18th Century, Mid reference term-107736 adlib-term-107736 e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1 George II reference term-15538 adlib-term-15538 e4001da7-ed48-3271-a6fb-c7f54095a1ad Louis XV reference term-107139 adlib-term-107139 9fd5ef13-3709-388f-b925-702787340e32 literal France France country possibly England Height cm 1.6 Length cm 8 Width cm 6.5 reference media-187508 adlib-media-187508 d0d4e59e-ed5e-348f-b2b9-10b11b08a278 jpeg aa/aa30/M_58_1984_1_201404_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 674 width pixels 1024 1742596830671 1 image jpeg aa/aa30/mid_M_58_1984_1_201404_amt49_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 329 width pixels 500 1742596830671 1 image jpeg 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Burkill reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-7751 adlib-publication-7751 cfa79c6e-ae29-31e3-85fa-3a838db1be3c Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment Publ. p. 126, no. 83 126 reference publication-8932 adlib-publication-8932 a426e1ba-20f9-3778-9ab3-e8b14b0f0044 Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance reference publication-5180 adlib-publication-5180 0f5fb77f-4d51-305d-9986-ebb95c4f09dc European and American snuff boxes, 1730-1830 reference publication-6441 adlib-publication-6441 c0ec8bf5-2f64-35ea-a62d-7147872ca60b Catalogue des tabatières, boîtes et étuis des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles du musée du Louvre reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo reference term-147410 adlib-term-147410 2e427531-5359-333d-b4f9-3aa91c1a3211 snuff taking object name reference term-107028 adlib-term-107028 36d3f956-1278-3819-8484-7517f8fdfccc table object name reference term-43733 adlib-term-43733 0227e536-9ae4-3d64-8ad8-fdfff2a83f58 mirror object name reference term-128031 adlib-term-128031 e05dab66-ee50-3cee-b990-2820687991ae chocolate object name reference term-107529 adlib-term-107529 d4c91a8a-bc18-3bb9-9ea2-a047ecc89f6a dragonfly animal reference term-58471 adlib-term-58471 ce00216e-da4e-37b3-974c-c2b6377d6c19 tree plant reference term-106795 adlib-term-106795 619c7689-2029-3c57-b0e2-12f5b54bedb8 flower plant reference term-108150 adlib-term-108150 42e3994d-ec02-3a34-be82-e954d8d50606 drinking activity reference term-48096 adlib-term-48096 d6a8ad8c-c0f0-3671-bada-c2ff50cfec5b bedroom literal table table literal mirror mirror literal chocolate chocolate literal dragonfly dragonfly literal tree tree literal flower flower literal drinking drinking literal bedroom bedroom reference term-117366 adlib-term-117366 378ecbe6-ac1b-3780-9c78-2b67f93574d8 snuff box snuff box <translation> <value>oval, tortoise shell box inlaid with gold piqué point work flowers; the interior painted with a vignette of a lady seated before her dressing table</value> </translation> <value>A lady at her dressing table</value> object OBJECT