IDENTIFIERS
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id:	140606
accession number:	M.5-1964

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 31 January 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver, parcel-gilt and niello; shaped hemi-spherical with flat back, serpentine front and straight sides.  The almost flat lid is hinged and has a scrolled thumbpiece at the centre of the front.  The lid, sides and base are carved and nielloed with figures, animals, trees and symbols on a recessed matted gilt ground.  Depicted on the lid is a winged female figure holding a scepter in her left hand and a quill in her right; one cherub holds a book for her to write in, whilst another holds a scroll of music for her to read; round the border are cherubs riding hippocamps, masks, grotesques and rocaille decoration.  On the sides four pairs of courting couples are depicted (front) holding a fox and hen, (right) drinking coffee or chocolate, (back) tending sheep, and (left) having their fortunes told.  On the base three cherubs are depicted decorating a swan with garlands of flowers.  The interior is gilt.
object type: silver, parcel-gilt and niello; shaped hemi-spherical, carved and nielloed with figures and animals on a gilt ground
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:	Arnold J.H. Smith Collection
creditline: Bequeathed by A.J. Hugh Smith through the National Art-Collections Fund, 1964

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140606

PEOPLE
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woman
man
cherub

SUBJECTS
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hippocamp
sheep
Fox
hen
dog
hippocamp
sheep
Fox
hen
dog



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1765 - 1765
creation date earliest:	1765
creation date latest:	1765
culture:	18th Century, third quarter
culture:	Catherine II

CREATORS
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maker: Popov, Afranasij & Stephan


CITATIONS
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Russian Jewellery Centres and Masters: 16th - 19th Centuries
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