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Ships in a bay
Maker: Unknown
Boat-shaped tortoise shell box; the lid set with a polychrome miniature of ships in a bay
Tortoise shell, the top of the lid set with a polychrome miniature painted in oil on velum, set under glass in a gilt metal mount. Boat-shaped with oval slightly concave lid with a gilt metal hinge attached with a turquoise capped pin. The painting depicts ships in a bay in a rustic setting with people in the foreground and a ruined tower and buildings in the background. The top of the box is damaged and the painting, glass and mount are currently loose.
History note: Not known before accession
S.G. Perceval Bequest
Height: 3.2 cm
Length: 8.8 cm
Width: 3.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922-07-22) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century, Mid-Late
1750
CE
-
1800
CE
Box And Lid
composed of
tortoise shell
Mount
composed of
metal
Painting
composed of
vellum (skin)
oil paint
Surface Of Mount
composed of
gold
Cover
composed of
glass
Tortoiseshell
Accession number: PER.M.352-1923
Primary reference Number: 150653
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 (2024) "Ships in a bay" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150653 Accessed: 2024-12-23 03:20:25
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|title=Ships in a bay
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 03:20:25|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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