IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150648
accession number:	PER.M.355 & A-1923

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 30 June 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Horn, carved and pressed.  Oval with straight sides.  The top of pull-off lid depicting two cockerels fighting, with a hen and several chickens in the foreground.  The initials 'OB' are pressed near the lower right edge.
object type: oval, horn box pressed with a vignette of a cock fight
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:	Spencer George Perceval Collection
creditline: Spencer George Perceval Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150648


SUBJECTS
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cockerel
hen
cockerel
hen



TECHNIQUES
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the base, sides and lid were carved from horn.  The pieces were then heated and pressed to form flat sheets, moulding or pressed patterns before being glued to form a box, which was then stained, possibly to resemble bronze.
carving
TECHNIQUES
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staining
TECHNIQUES
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pressing
TECHNIQUES
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heating

CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1705 - 1728
creation date earliest:	1705
creation date latest:	1728
culture:	18th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Obrisset, John

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.5

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 10.3

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8.0



CITATIONS
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Horn, Medals and Straw, A Little Known Link
Jean Obrisset
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