IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150649
accession number:	PER.M.356 & A-1923

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 16 August 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Horn, carved and pressed.  Oval with straight sides.  The top of the pull-off lid depicting Alexander the Great accompanied by his lieutenant, Ephesion, visiting the mourning family of the defeated Persian king Darius III after the battle of Issus; beneath, in relief, is the legend 'Sui victoria indicat Regem'.  Inside the lid and base are the pressed initials 'OB' within four concentric oval rings.
object type: oval, horn box pressed with a vignette of Alexander the Great standing before the kneeling family of Darius III
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/150649

PEOPLE
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Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC)
Ephestion
Darius III




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: 2.6

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 10.3

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8.3



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