Maker: Unknown
Brass and silver, rectangular; the lid and base set with openwork silver plaques
Brass and silver, rectangular with engraved decoration. The slightly domed lid is is hinged and set with a pierced and engraved silver plaque to the top and a brass one below. The upper silver plaque is divided into four panels, each representing a season, with a couple in a vignette skating, fishing, gardening or harvesting. The lower brass plaque is pierced and engraved with angels and an angel's mask round a scrolled cartouche depicting a man supporting an angel. The plaque in the base is divided into four pierced and engraved panels representing the four continents, with a man and horse for Europe, an Arab and camel for Asia, a man with a quiver of arrows and a lion for Africa and an native American with an animal - possibly a dog - for America. The sides and mounts of the box are engraved with panels of scrolling foliage. The hinge is broken and two retaining mounts are missing.
Spencer George Perceval Bequest
Height: 2.7 cm
Length: 12.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
Possibly last quarter of 17th century
1680
CE
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1700
CE
Panels
composed of
silver
Box
composed of
brass (alloy)
Decoration
Plaques
Seams
Accession number: PER.M.346 & A-1923
Primary reference Number: 150636
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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