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Silversmith:
Unknown
Production:
Passe, Simon de
(Style of)
Production:
Belle, Simon Alexis
(After)
Oval, silver box; the underside of the tortoise shell lid set with a silver portrait of Prince James (The Old Pretender)
Silver, parcel-gilt, set with a tortoiseshell lid and an engraved silver portrait. Oval with straight sides and projecting moulded edges and a projecting hinge. The lid is lined with an oval portrait of Prince James, the Jacobite claimant to the throne as James III of England and VIII of Scotland, also known at 'The Old Pretender', wearing armour. Round the portrait is an applied band inscribed 'CVIVS EST' on the left, and 'COGNOSCVNT.ME.MEAE' on the right. The interior of the base is gilt.
History note: Glendinning's London, 4th Nov 1992, The Collection of Jacobite and Anti-Jacobite Medals and Stuart Touchpieces, formed by Noel Woolf, p.15, lot 107.
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam
Height: 1.4 cm
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1992-11-23) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1720
Lid
composed of
tortoise shell
Box
composed of
silver
Mount Of Lid
composed of
silver
Plaque
composed of
silver
Inscription
Portrait
Toroise Shell
Tortoise Shell
Accession number: M.7-1992
Primary reference Number: 150743
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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