IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 119272 accession number: M.4-1989 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver-gilt; the heavy gauge of metal with embossed, chased and cast ornament. Standing on a low circular foot, the lower part of the body is decorated with two bands of gadroons, one radiating from the foot, the other just beneath the shoulder. The flat circular top has a rope border round the mouth, then borders of vines, beads and gadroons. The circular dished pull-off lid has a separate cover of acanthus foliage, which radiates from the cone-shaped finial, both of which are attached to the lid by means of a nut (replacement for the original). The handle is cast in the shape of a serpent, which is reeded and crossed by five girdles. It terminates in a scaly loop. A chain is attached to the top of the serpent's head and the top of the finial. object type: silver-gilt cigar lighter in the shape of an Antique lamp title: cigar lighter NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before E. & C. Koopman & Son Ltd., London LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Purchased with the Rylands Fund STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119272 TECHNIQUES ---------- silver-gilt casting CATEGORIES ------ category: silver DATING ------ creation date: 1803 - 1804 creation date earliest: 1803 creation date latest: 1804 culture: 19th Century, Early# culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Scott, Digby, silversmith maker: Smith, Benjamin II, silversmith DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 16.5 dimension: Height units: in value: 6½ dimension: Weight units: g value: 290 dimension: Weight units: oz : dwt value: 10 : 10 dimension: Width units: cm value: 15.1 dimension: Width units: in value: 6 CITATIONS -------- The Annual Reports of the syndicate and of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam for the year ending 31 December 1987 European Sculpture and Works of Art Catalogue number 20 Summer 1977 Centuries of Style, Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_4_1989.jpg height: 543 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_4_1989.jpg height: 357 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_4_1989.jpg height: 543 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_4_1989.jpg height: 179 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/118/large_M_4_1989_200701_mas.jpg height: 747 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/118/mid_M_4_1989_200701_mas.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.4-1989_200701_mas.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/118/preview_M_4_1989_200701_mas.jpg height: 182 pixels width: 249 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/118/M_4_1989_200701_mas.ptif height: 1510 pixels width: 2070 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/119/large_M_4_1989_200701_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 731 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/119/mid_M_4_1989_200701_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 357 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.4-1989_200701_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/119/preview_M_4_1989_200701_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 179 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/119/M_4_1989_200701_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 3328 pixels width: 4660 pixels