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

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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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18th Century armour box claimant container English engraved engraving Fitz_AA Georgian Jacobite male objet de vertu periwig political politician portraits Prince James royal Silver silver-gilt Simon de Passe snuff box The Old Pretender tortoise-shell tortoiseshell turtle shell turtleshell wigs

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