Maker: Unknown
Oval, bombé-shaped pressed tortoise shell box with silver portrait bust of William III and Queen Mary
Pressed tortoise shell with stamped, chased and engraved silver. Oval bombé-shaped with fluted lid and base. The hinge on a long side is engraved with stylised flowers. The top of the lid is set with a silver double portrait bust of William III and Queen Mary in relief. The base has a twisted silver wire round the rim.
History note: Unknown before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 2.7 cm
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 5.3 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 (1960-12-13) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Late 17th or early 18th century
After
1689
-
Circa
1725
The portrait bust of William III and Queen Mary based on the coronation medal of 1689 by George Bower
The silver does not bear a maker's mark
Box
composed of
tortoise shell
Mounts
composed of
silver
Portrait
composed of
silver
Hinge
Accession number: M.89-1961
Primary reference Number: 150676
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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