IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150742
accession number:	M.13-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 18 August 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tortoise shell case with gilt metal mounts and frame round the two glass lenses.  Of traditional elongated oval form with waisted handle, spring action catch, folding oval lenses, suspension loop, and vacant oval cartouche.
title:	folding lorgnette

NOTES
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type: history note
value: bequeathed to the Reitlinger Trust by Henry Scipio Reitlinger in 1950


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
creditline: Given by the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150742





CATEGORIES
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category: objets de vertu

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 0.9

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 9.3

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 2.4