IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150705 accession number: M.8-1964 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 31 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver, parcel-gilt and niello, the rectangular box is divided into two equal compartments, the separate lids with integral hinges. Each lid is nielloed with a vignette of a courting couple within a rococo border on a matt gild ground. The base and sides are similarly decorated. The base depicts a watery landscape with waterfowl; the front panel depicts Apollo's chariot; the back panel shows two swans pulling a chariot through water; and the side panels show a shepherd and a flautist in a rural landscape. The borders have an applied gilt wavy edge. The interiors are gilt. object type: silver, parcel-gilt and niello, rectangular divided into two compartments with separate lids and integral hinges; decoarated with scenes of courtship, country life and Apollo's chariot title: box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Arnold J.H. Smith Collection creditline: Bequeathed by A.J. Hugh Smith through the National Art-Collections Fund, 1964 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150705 PEOPLE ------------------- Apollo shepherd flautist SUBJECTS ------------------- chariot horse swan chariot horse swan CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1770 - 1775 creation date earliest: 1770 creation date latest: 1775 culture: 18th Century, third quarter CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 4.5 dimension: Length units: cm value: 10.8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 6 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_8_1964_20_280_29.jpg height: 574 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_8_1964_20_280_29.jpg height: 378 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: 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