IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 140606 accession number: M.5-1964 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 31 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- 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 ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140606 PEOPLE ------------------- woman man cherub SUBJECTS ------------------- hippocamp sheep Fox hen dog hippocamp sheep Fox hen dog CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1765 - 1765 creation date earliest: 1765 creation date latest: 1765 culture: 18th Century, third quarter culture: Catherine II CREATORS -------- maker: Popov, Afranasij & Stephan CITATIONS -------- Russian Jewellery Centres and Masters: 16th - 19th Centuries --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_5_1964_20_280_29.jpg height: 546 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_5_1964_20_280_29.jpg height: 359 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: 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