15929845260001312637261000Standard Recordobject-150685170197593878814883617690001701975718959fitz-onlineadlib-object-150685https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150685cf95d576-c563-3839-b28e-529fd7383f027personreferenceagent-149742adlib-agent-1497421d4d164f-45d5-3cec-ad71-bbc83cea9b86womanpersonreferenceagent-154517adlib-agent-1545171ea624d8-9624-3a1e-9cd3-bb47a17d6821cherubreferenceterm-110356adlib-term-1103568d05cb33-74bb-3662-85eb-e320b21f776dboxesreferenceterm-117089adlib-term-11708970d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8Louis C. G. Clarkereferenceterm-31734adlib-term-3173432f0e347-7ed1-33e5-b730-65f124f9d959tortoise shellBoxreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverHinges And Mountsreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverInlaySilver Piquéreferenceterm-27645adlib-term-27645c489df47-4067-3e45-80d3-a0c71cedaaf8inlay (process)referenceterm-29409adlib-term-29409f1f4145c-3fc8-365a-9df5-c7f7131d3bc2engravingTortoiseshellthe tortoiseshell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the parts of a box, which were glued together. The silver mounts were fitted round the rim of the box and the two hinges were attached with screws. The silver piqué was inlaid and engraved.referenceterm-98865adlib-term-98865aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9carvingreferenceterm-26719adlib-term-267191282a270-5a3b-3285-a698-e2b46e8f3197pressingApplied Artsshell-shaped tortoise shell box, the lid with silver mounts and engraved piqué work strapwork and figures in a shell shapeTortoise shell; the lid with silver mounts and inlaid with engraved silver piqué work. Shell-shaped with straight sides. The slightly domed lid has stepped silver mounts, two projecting hinges and an arched thumbpiece. The top is decorated to resemble a shell with twelve ribs dividing the surface into thirteen panels. These contain stylised pendant flowers and, in the centre, a naked woman with a cherub on either side. On the base is an impressed plant shape, which would originally have contained a silver piqué ornament.171referenceexhibition-2376adlib-exhibition-23763e2208a0-ad25-3b64-b03f-cb63aa00fd02Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the EnlightenmentM.75-19611accession numberM.75-1961150685priref150685urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150685https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150685referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumL.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960referenceagent-149875adlib-agent-14987589f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16Clarke, Louis Colville Gray196119611961-04-27bequeathed17101710CE171017101740The silver does not bear any hallmarks11740CE17401740makerreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownThe silver does not bear a maker's markreferenceterm-133620adlib-term-13362058350639-cbc3-330a-b257-8bbc4d5aa3ba18th Century, Early-Mid#Heightcm1.9Lengthcm9.3Widthcm6.8referencemedia-187537adlib-media-18753767bc0731-2e14-3579-a05c-062bfcadda34jpegaa/aa30/M_75_1961_1_201406_jas244_mas.jpg1heightpixels774widthpixels102416162584664541imagejpegaa/aa30/mid_M_75_1961_1_201406_jas244_mas.jpg1heightpixels378widthpixels50016162584664541imagejpegaa/aa30/M_75_1961_1_201406_jas244_mas.jpg1heightpixels774widthpixels102416162584664541imagejpegaa/aa30/preview_M_75_1961_1_201406_jas244_mas.jpg1heightpixels189widthpixels25016162584664541image0media
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