IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150675 accession number: M.88-1961 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 July 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Tortoise shell with silver mounts and stamped and chased portrait bust. Oval box with straight sides and flat lid. The sides of the lid and the projecting hinge are of silver and have a scalloped edge. The top of the lid is set with a double portrait bust of William III and Queen Mary in relief. object type: oval, tortoise shell box with silver mounts and portrait bust of William III and Queen Mary title: snuff box NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before testator LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Louis C. G. Clarke creditline: L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150675 PEOPLE ------------------- William III and Queen Mary SUBJECTS ------------------- coronation coronation TECHNIQUES ---------- The tortoise shell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the lid and parts of the base, which were glued together. The hinge was soldered to the silver sides and pinned to the base. The portrait bust was stamped and chased and pinned to the lid, which was set into the silver sides. carving TECHNIQUES ---------- pressing CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1689 - 1725 creation date earliest: 1689 creation date latest: 1725 culture: 17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 1.9 dimension: Length units: cm value: 8.3 dimension: Width units: cm value: 6.5 CITATIONS -------- John Obrisset Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 1 Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 2 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_88_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_M_88_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 500 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_88_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_M_88_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 250 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_88_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 610 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_M_88_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 401 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_88_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 610 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_M_88_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 201 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_88_1961_20_283_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 697 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_M_88_1961_20_283_29.jpg height: 545 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_88_1961_20_283_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 697 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_M_88_1961_20_283_29.jpg height: 273 pixels width: 250 pixels