IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150695 accession number: M.96 & A-1961 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: gold, enamel and pearls; rectangular in the form of a book, the lid opens like a cover to reveal a grill pierced in a simple diaper-work pattern. The cover is enamelled with a dark blue guilloché ground in the centre of which is enamelled in colours a cherub holding a bow with a broken string. The three sides of the cover away from the hinge have a border of half pearls. The base is similarly decorated but the central image depicts a lamb sitting on a drum next to a book, two peaches and a spray of flowers. The hinge is set into the spine of the book, which is decorated with four panels of puce guilloché enamelling alternating with narrow bands of gold and five bands of white spots on a black enamel. The top puce band contains a vacant oval cartouche. Inside the spine is a small cavity for scent. The stopper (A) has a flat circular top enamelled in red within a green border. The three sides of the box (book) are enamelled in a translucent brown flecked with gold. object type: gold, enamel and pearls; rectangular in the form of a book, the front enamelled with a cherub title: vinaigrette NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before testator LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Louis C. G. Clarke creditline: L.C.G. Clarke Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150695 PEOPLE ------------------- cherub SUBJECTS ------------------- drum book lamb flower drum book lamb flower CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1850 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1850 culture: 19th Century, first half# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 0.7 dimension: Length units: cm value: 4 dimension: Width units: cm value: 2.9 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_96_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 687 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_M_96_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 553 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_96_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 687 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_M_96_1961_20_281_29.jpg height: 277 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_96_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 677 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_M_96_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 561 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_96_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 677 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_M_96_1961_20_282_29.jpg height: 281 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_96_1961_20_283_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 634 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_M_96_1961_20_283_29.jpg height: 599 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_96_1961_20_283_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 634 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_M_96_1961_20_283_29.jpg height: 300 pixels width: 250 pixels