IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 150744 accession number: MAR.M.285-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 20 September 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Tortoise shell inlaid with gold piqué point and mother-of-pearl and lined with gold. Rectangular with straight sides and hinged almost flat lid with oval button thumbpiece. The lid and recessed base have a border of yellow gold embossed with a guilloche pattern on a red gold ground. The lid is decorated with an openwork basket containing flowers and leaves; it stands on a plinth, either side of which are flying insects. The ground is spotted and the corners are chequered. The base is decorated with a two-handled vase containing exotic flowers; it stands on a plinth between a squirrel and exotic bird and two flying insects. object type: tortoise shell box lined with gold; the lid and base inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gold piqué point title: snuff box 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: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150744 SUBJECTS ------------------- basket vase squirrel bird flower basket vase squirrel bird flower CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1785 - 1785 creation date earliest: 1785 creation date latest: 1785 culture: 18th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Vachette, Adrien-Jean-Maximilian DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.0 dimension: Length units: cm value: 8.0 dimension: Width units: cm value: 5.9 CITATIONS -------- Les Poinçons de Paris: Répertoire des maîtres-orfèvres de la jurisdiction de Paris depuis le moyen-âge jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe siècle Catalogue des tabatières, boîtes et étuis des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles du musée du Louvre --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/MAR_M_285_20_281_29.jpg height: 749 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_MAR_M_285_20_281_29.jpg height: 493 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/MAR_M_285_20_281_29.jpg height: 749 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_MAR_M_285_20_281_29.jpg height: 246 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/MAR_M_285_20_282_29.jpg height: 659 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_MAR_M_285_20_282_29.jpg height: 434 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/MAR_M_285_20_282_29.jpg height: 659 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_MAR_M_285_20_282_29.jpg height: 217 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/MAR_M_285_20_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_MAR_M_285_20_283_29.jpg height: 487 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/MAR_M_285_20_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_MAR_M_285_20_283_29.jpg height: 243 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/MAR_M_285_20_284_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 643 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_MAR_M_285_20_284_29.jpg height: 591 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/MAR_M_285_20_284_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 643 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_MAR_M_285_20_284_29.jpg height: 295 pixels width: 250 pixels