1592964906000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-150669 1747246141239 1714398869000 1747245848755 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-150669 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150669 355aef2c-20dc-3ea1-a573-3a3b0e53c63c 5 person reference agent-154517 adlib-agent-154517 1ea624d8-9624-3a1e-9cd3-bb47a17d6821 cherub reference term-110356 adlib-term-110356 8d05cb33-74bb-3662-85eb-e320b21f776d boxes Applied Arts rectangular, boiled leather case; the front and back panels stamped and engraved with masks of cherubs and pseudo armorials in a laurel wreath cartouche Boiled, stamped and engraved leather (cuir bouilli) case. Rectangular with pull-off lid. The shallow sides each have five suspension loops. The panels on the front and back are decorated with pseudo armorials in a laurel wreath cartouche, trophies of war, masks of cherubs and either a skull and crossbones or a snail. M.38 & A-1929 1 accession number M.38 & A-1929 150669 priref 150669 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150669 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150669 beneath the skull and crossbones on the exterior rectangular, printed in black ink, and stuck with glue 703 paper label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by W.E Miller reference agent-154687 adlib-agent-154687 f4e108d1-4596-3c9e-8bb5-60c526a44fb8 Miller, W. E. 1929 1929 1929-10-31 given Entry date: 1929-10-31 1550 1550 1550 1550 1650 1 1650 1650 1650 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-132998 adlib-term-132998 14494595-19ae-3e4f-bcd7-4b399a850346 16th Century, Mid-17th Century reference term-108963 adlib-term-108963 1fe700c4-66f7-3c5f-bfb8-74069ac8fdec literal Europe Europe country Europe reference term-40902 adlib-term-40902 ec39a220-e629-3548-92f0-14937d5d3167 leather Height cm 3.8 Length cm 17.2 Width cm 5.7 reference term-124737 adlib-term-124737 e1f072b5-53d4-3c05-8743-7ea3b6088325 instrument case object name reference term-32162 adlib-term-32162 d45d7981-bab5-3ac4-bb91-e07eee993cae cuir bouilli category reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-6550 adlib-publication-6550 0d22f57e-045d-36ff-aefb-1cd095665217 Leather in Life, Art and Industry reference publication-6551 adlib-publication-6551 43440b72-2e95-32ba-b24c-3164a3c56d31 Conservation of Leather and Related Materials reference term-8220 adlib-term-8220 bf75299d-9707-30be-afc1-975044e77da5 European object name reference term-128424 adlib-term-128424 f5f2548d-82fb-362a-b6be-b313ed9c0105 trophies of war object name reference term-107336 adlib-term-107336 bc93742f-8916-3829-bfef-6ffba0378959 skull animal reference term-106292 adlib-term-106292 f5988820-1697-308e-9675-3337ff190e0a snail literal trophies of war trophies of war literal skull skull literal snail snail

reference term-124737 adlib-term-124737 e1f072b5-53d4-3c05-8743-7ea3b6088325 instrument case

instrument case There is much conjecture on how 'boiled leather' or 'cuir bouilli' was made and whether the leather was boiled in water. The most popular theory is the one suggested in 'La Grande Encyclopedie (Paris 1887-1905) in which: 'pieces of leather must be boiled in wax mixed with resin and glue. Once boiled in this manner, the leather preserves, whilst it is moist, sufficient pliability to enable it to be moulded, and when it is dry it possess a hardness and rigidity nearly equal to that of wood to which it is preferable by reason of its lightness.' The stamped and engraved decoration would have been added before the leather was dried. reference term-32162 adlib-term-32162 d45d7981-bab5-3ac4-bb91-e07eee993cae cuir bouilli object OBJECT