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(Maker)
Rectangular, rose, purple and yellow agate box with gilt metal mounts, standing on four ball-shaped feet
Rose, purple and yellow agate panels mounted 'en cage' in gilt metal. Rectangular with straight sides and a flat lid with the hinge on the long side; standing on four ball-shaped feet. The mounts stamped with a border of palmettes.
Given by Mrs M. Chivers
Height: 3.8 cm
Length: 7.9 cm
Width: 4.8 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: Given
(1981-03-09)
by
Chivers, M.
Second half of 18th century
Circa
1750
CE
-
1800
CE
Mounts composed of metal Box composed of agate Surface Of Mounts composed of gold
Accession number: M.5-1981
Primary reference Number: 150734
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 (2022)
"Snuff box"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150734 Accessed: 2022-05-28 01:59:25
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