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Unknown
(Silversmith)
Shaped rectangular, red agate box with silver lid engraved with posy of flowers
Red agate with silver lid and mounts, parcel-gilt and engraved. Rectangular with a flat back, cut corners and a serpentine front; the sides are slightly concave. The almost flat lid has a recessed hinge and a double scroll-shaped thumbpiece. The top is engraved with a thread edge border and stylised leaves round a circular cartouche contining of a posy of flowers, including a rose and carnation, tied with a ribbon. The silver rim mount has a border of pieced and engraved stiff leaves. The inner edge of the bezel and the interior of the lid are gilt.
History note: Not known before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 3.4 cm
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 7.0 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
Mid 18th Century
1730
CE
-
1760
CE
The silver does not bear a maker's mark
Box composed of agate Surface Of Lid composed of gold Lid composed of silver Rim Mount composed of silver Decoration
Accession number: M.78-1961
Primary reference Number: 150687
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/150687 Accessed: 2022-05-28 03:18:23
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