Miniaturist:
Dael, Jan Frans van
Box maker:
Unknown
Tortoise-shell with oval miniature of a basket of pink roses
Tortoise-shell set with a miniature in bodycolour on card, mounted under glass in gilt metal. The circular box has straight sides with silver-gilt rim mounts to the almost flat pull-off lid. The small oval miniature depicts a wicker basket of pink roses on a marble slab, and is surrounted by a mount and border of reeded gilt metal.
Major, the Hon. H.R Broughton Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973-04-06) by Broughton, Henry Rogers, Major the Hon.
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Mid#
Circa
1784
-
Before
1840
Jan Frans van Dael was Flemish but worked in Paris
French box with Flemish painting
Miniature
composed of
bodycolour
card
Box
composed of
tortoise shell
Miniature Mount
composed of
metal
Surface Of Mount
composed of
gold
Rim Mount
composed of
silver
Cover
composed of
glass
Box And Lid
Diameter 8.2 cm
Height 3.0 cm
Inscription present: illegible
Inscription present: illegible
Accession number: M.116 & A-1973
Primary reference Number: 1296
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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