IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150644 accession number: PER.M.363-1923 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 August 2015 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Jasper, gilt metal and diamond; shaped rectangular in section with tapering sides and hinged lid. The etui is made of green jasper flecked with red. Round the top and bottom of the lid and base are gilt metal mounts chased with rocaille decoration, scrolls, flowers and floral swags. In the centre of the slightly domed lid is a small swivel handle. The sprung catch is operated by a button which is set with a brilliant cut diamond. The interior of the lid is fitted with a gilt metal lining. The top of the divider in the base is of gilt metal; it would have contained six implements which are now missing. object type: green jasper etui with gilt metal mounts and diamond clasp title: etui LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Spencer George Perceval Collection creditline: Spencer George Perceval Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150644 CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1770 - 1770 creation date earliest: 1770 creation date latest: 1770 culture: 18th Century, second half# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 1.8 dimension: Length units: cm value: 10.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 3.5 CITATIONS -------- The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Gold Boxes and Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century Catalogue des tabatières, boîtes et étuis des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles du musée du Louvre --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_363_1923_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 471 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_363_1923_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 471 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_363_1923_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 471 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_PER_M_363_1923_20_281_29.jpg height: 403 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_363_1923_20_282_29.jpg height: 526 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_PER_M_363_1923_20_282_29.jpg height: 346 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/PER_M_363_1923_20_282_29.jpg height: 526 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_PER_M_363_1923_20_282_29.jpg height: 173 pixels width: 250 pixels