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Silversmith: Unknown
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 (2023) "Snuff box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150687 Accessed: 2023-05-28 18:44:17
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=Snuff box
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-05-28 18:44:17|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-150687
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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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