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Maker: Unknown
Enamel on copper with gilt metal mounts; oval , the lid painted with the bust of a woman
Enamel on copper with gilt metal mounts; oval with concave sides and hinged slightly domed lid. The box is enamelled in white. On the lid is an oval miniature of a woman in a deep pink dress with red cloak; she wears a white ruff and in her cap are pink feathers or ribbons. Round the miniature is a border of magenta scrolls and slowers. The sides and base of the box are painted with sprigs of flowers and leaves.
History note: Not known before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 2.2 cm
Length: 6.0 cm
Width: 4.8 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 18th century
1770
CE
-
1800
CE
Surface
composed of
enamel
Box
composed of
copper
Accession number: M.91-1961
Primary reference Number: 150678
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 (2022) "Snuff box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150678 Accessed: 2022-11-29 09:12:13
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=Snuff box
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-11-29 09:12:13|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-150678
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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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