IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118342
accession number:	PER.M.358 & A-1923

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 July 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Horn, carved and pressed.  Oval with straight sides.  The top of the pull-off lid depicts a portrait bust of Charles I, in profile, facing right, in an oval cartouche.
object type: oval, horn box pressed with a portrait bust of Charles I
title:	snuff box

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Spencer George Perceval Collection
creditline: S.G. Perceval Bequest, 1922

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118342

PEOPLE
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Charles I




TECHNIQUES
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the base, sides and lid were carved from horn.  The pieces were then heated and pressed to form flat sheets, moulding or pressed patterns before being glued to form a box, which was then stained, possibly to resemble bronze.
carving
TECHNIQUES
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staining
TECHNIQUES
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pressing
TECHNIQUES
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heating

CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1705 - 1728
creation date earliest:	1705
creation date latest:	1728
culture:	18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Obrisset, John
maker: Roettiers, John (1631-1703)


EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Civil War Exhibition
CITATIONS
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Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 1
John Obrisset
Horn, Medals and Straw, A Little Known Link
The Adler Collection, European Sculpture, Works of Art and Early Furniture
The Howard Neville Collection of Early Works of Art and Textiles, Together with Selected Other Properties
Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 2
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