IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150688
accession number:	M.80-1961

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 7 January 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tortoise shell with silver mount and inlaid thread piqué work.  Rectangular with straight sides.  The almost flat lid has a rim mount, moulded border and a projecting hinge.  The top is decorated with an emblem of a snake held between two burning hearts flying above a house, fence and tree, above which is the motto 'ILS SONT UNIS MALGRE L'ENVI'.
object type: rectangular, tortoise shell box; the lid with silver mount and thread piqué work vignette and motto 'ILS SONT UNIS MALGRE L'ENVI'
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/150688


SUBJECTS
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burning heart
snake
burning heart
snake



CATEGORIES
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category: boxes

DATING
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creation date:	1695 - 1720
creation date earliest:	1695
creation date latest:	1720
culture:	18th Century, Early

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 1.4

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 7

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.1



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