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Miniaturist:
Unknown
Box maker:
Unknown
Gilt metal set with a miniature in bodycolour, probably on card, and mounted under glass. The oval box has straight sides and a flat lid with projecting hinge. The miniature is set across the centre of the lid. The red gilt metal lid, base and sides are engraved with panels of engine-turned basket-work within yellow gold borders of husks on a matted ground. The miniature depicts two figures, one possible fishing, in a rural landscape with cottage, lake and village in the background.
Spencer George Perceval Bequest
Height: 3.0 cm
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 5.5 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 18th century
1770
CE
-
1800
CE
Miniature
composed of
card
( possibly)
bodycolour
Box
composed of
metal
Surface Of Box
composed of
gold
Cover
composed of
glass
Accession number: PER.M.349-1923
Primary reference Number: 150657
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 (2023) "Snuff box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150657 Accessed: 2023-06-08 14:25:52
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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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