1592963723000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-150688 1747160601410 1736252607000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-150688 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150688 ef531223-62aa-309b-9439-f54c554c86b0 5 reference term-110356 adlib-term-110356 8d05cb33-74bb-3662-85eb-e320b21f776d boxes reference term-117089 adlib-term-117089 70d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8 Louis C. G. Clarke reference term-31734 adlib-term-31734 32f0e347-7ed1-33e5-b730-65f124f9d959 tortoise shell Box The tortoiseshell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the parts of a box, which were glued together. The lid was inlaid with silver piqué work. The rim mount and hinge were pinned to the box. reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving reference term-26719 adlib-term-26719 1282a270-5a3b-3285-a698-e2b46e8f3197 pressing reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Inlay reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Mounts Silver Piqué reference term-27645 adlib-term-27645 c489df47-4067-3e45-80d3-a0c71cedaaf8 inlay (process) Applied Arts rectangular, tortoise shell box; the lid with silver mount and thread piqué work vignette and motto 'ILS SONT UNIS MALGRE L'ENVI' 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'. M.80-1961 1 accession number M.80-1961 150688 priref 150688 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150688 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150688 on the lid piqué work ILS SONT UNIS MALGRE L'ENVI motto reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 reference agent-149875 adlib-agent-149875 89f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16 Clarke, Louis Colville Gray 1961 1961 1961-04-27 bequeathed Clarke died on 13 December 1960 1695 1695 CE 1695 circa 1695 1720 The silver does not bear any hallmarks 1 1720 CE 1720 1720 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown The silver does not bear a maker's mark. The emblem seems likely to have been derived from one depicting two flaming hearts with a coronet above, and two serpents below, with the motto Unis malgré l'envie' in Daniel de la Feuille's 'Devises et Emblemes Anciennes et Modernes Tirées des plus celebres Auteurs' (Amsterdam, 1691) . This was a popular motto. A silver spice or snuff box with two hearts above a serpent and the engraved motto 'VNIIS MALCRELENVIE (Unis Malgré l'Envie) and marked PR, was sold by Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, Silver and Objects of Vertu, day 2, 28 April 2021, lot 1937. reference term-106655 adlib-term-106655 ee8a7821-8b3c-3059-913f-eca0d91befec 18th Century, Early reference term-120306 adlib-term-120306 4c444129-3d8c-340f-bfbd-b4d82e5cbd17 literal France France country probably France Height cm 1.4 Length cm 7 Width cm 5.1 reference media-125347 adlib-media-125347 19cc7473-57dc-3f17-adcf-2ccc37c0b999 jpeg aa/aa24/M_80_1961_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 708 width pixels 760 1742590787802 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/mid_M_80_1961_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 466 width pixels 500 1742590787802 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/M_80_1961_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 708 width pixels 760 1742590787802 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/preview_M_80_1961_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 233 width pixels 250 1742590787802 1 image 0 media image reference media-125348 adlib-media-125348 3e19a5d4-21a2-3bc1-97bc-132adef76636 jpeg aa/aa24/M_80_1961_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 597 width pixels 760 1742590807477 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/mid_M_80_1961_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 393 width pixels 500 1742590807477 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/M_80_1961_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 597 width pixels 760 1742590807477 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/preview_M_80_1961_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 196 width pixels 250 1742590807477 1 image 1 media image reference media-125349 adlib-media-125349 1a0cfa21-6e5c-3b8b-a0a9-0d346f5bd0f5 jpeg aa/aa24/M_80_1961_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 713 1742590841611 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/mid_M_80_1961_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 533 width pixels 500 1742590841611 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/M_80_1961_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 713 1742590841611 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/preview_M_80_1961_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 266 width pixels 250 1742590841611 1 image 2 media image reference term-117366 adlib-term-117366 378ecbe6-ac1b-3780-9c78-2b67f93574d8 snuff box object name reference term-42545 adlib-term-42545 d3d48b12-e5ee-30fb-94d0-acf8a3f38f8e objets de vertu category reference term-128337 adlib-term-128337 de978567-35ec-3a8a-bd16-24aa8a34eb08 piqué work category history note not known before testator reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-8399 adlib-term-8399 6611ae15-9298-340e-8c20-9fc4c7a76bf8 French object name reference term-128015 adlib-term-128015 1f6860cc-506f-3c77-a93b-18357871f663 burning heart animal reference term-32194 adlib-term-32194 94f8444f-f0ae-37cc-b189-622df7616c71 snake literal burning heart burning heart literal snake snake

reference term-117366 adlib-term-117366 378ecbe6-ac1b-3780-9c78-2b67f93574d8 snuff box

snuff box object OBJECT