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Tom's Coffee House snuffbox
Box maker:
Unknown
Silversmith:
Unknown
Oval tortoiseshell box with silver plaques of the Boscobel Oak, Charles I and Queen Anne
Tortoiseshell with embossed, chased and engraved silver plaques. Oval with straight sides. Applied to the top of the slightly domed pull-off lid are two silver portrait busts; the one on the left is of Charles I; the one on the right is of Queen Anne. Between the portraits is an applied and engraved silver tree-shape depicting the Boscobel Oak. Amongst the foliage is the head of Prince Charles, later Charles II, with a cherub above him holding out three crowns, symbolic of the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, to which he had succeeded in 1649, whilst either side of the trunk armed Parliamentarians search for the Prince. To the left and right of the horsemen 'Thomas’ and ‘Haines' are inscribed; and at the base is a ribbon containing the motto 'SACRA IOVI QUERCUS'.
History note: Said to have belonged to Thomas Haines, proprietor of Tom's Coffee House, London
Given by C. Fairfax Murray, Esq.
Height: 3.5 cm
Length: 11.0 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1917-03-12) by Murray, Charles Fairfax
18th Century, Early#
After
1707
CE
-
1730
CE
The portrait of Charles I is after the memorial medal of Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria of 1649 by Heinrich Reitz the Younger
The portrait of Queen Anne is after the medal by John Croker, struck to commemorate the Union of England and Scotland on 1 May 1707
The silver does not bear a maker's mark or hallmarks
Box
composed of
tortoise shell
Portraits
composed of
silver
Tree
composed of
silver
Silver
Inscription present: a cicular paper label
Accession number: M.12 & A-1917
Primary reference Number: 150638
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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