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Maker: Lambalet, Samuel
Oval, horn box pressed with a vignette of men drinking in a garden
Horn, carved and pressed. Oval with straight sides. The top of the pull-off lid depicting four men drinking in a garden; a maid carries a large jug to their table on which stands a punch bowl and pipes. The initials 'SL' are pressed beneath the foot of the seated drinker.
History note: Unknown before testator
Spencer George Perceval Bequest
Height: 3.0 cm
Length: 10.0 cm
Width: 8.0 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
Late 17th or early 18th century
Circa
1683
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Before
1727
Carving
: 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.
Staining
Pressing
Heating
Accession number: PER.M.357 & A-1923
Primary reference Number: 150650
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Snuff box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150650 Accessed: 2022-11-30 04:14:36
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: M.101-1961
Accession Number: M.15-1950
Accession Number: M.42-1929
Accession Number: M.6-1964
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