IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150686
accession number:	M.76 & A-1961

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 20 September 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Gold and glass; circular with straight sides and a pull-off lid.  The lid and recessed base of the box are of dark blue glass; the sides and mounts are of gold.  Set in the centre of the lid is a gold (or gilt metal) medal with convex glass over the upper surface and flat glass covering the underside.  Round the edges of the lid and base and round the medal are gold borders chased with flowers and leaves on a striated ground.  Round the join are narrow bands of bright-cut engraving.  The interior walls of the box are lined with gold.  The medal depicts on the obverse a bust facing the left of Madame Elisabeth of France with the legend above and to the sides 'ELISABETH DE FRANCE', signed underneath 'LOOS'.  The reverse - visible on the inside of the lid - depicts an eagle attacking a dove which is chained to a rock on which are the words 'LE / 10 MAI / 1794'; round the edge is the legend 'CES LOUPS SANS S'EMOUVOIR REGARDENT LES FAULCONS DU SANG DE LA COLUMBE ARROSER LE VALLONS'.
object type: gold and glass; circular gold box with blue glass base and lid set with a medal
title:	snuff box

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before testator


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Louis C. G. Clarke
creditline: L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150686





CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1787 - 1788
creation date earliest:	1787
creation date latest:	1788
culture:	18th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: ?G

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 6.7

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2.8



CITATIONS
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Trésor de Numismatique et de Glyptique Ou Recueil Général De Medailles, Monnaies, Pierres Graves, Bas-Reliefs, etc..... Medailles de la Revoloution Francasie
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