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Enamel on copper with gilt metal mounts; oval in section with tapering sides, decorated in colours with four pastoral vignettes on a pink ground
Enamel on copper with gilt metal mounts; oval in section with tapering sides, hinged lid and sprung button catch. The etui enamelled in colours with four pastoral vignettes within raised gilt scrolling cartouches on a dark pink ground decorated with white diaper-work, dots and sprigs of flowers. The top and bottom of the lid and base with chased gilt metal mounts. The vignette on one side of the base depicts a shepherdess with her sheep in front of an obelisk in a rural landscape; depicted on the other side of the base is a shepherd with his sheep in front of Classical ruins; and on either side of the lid are depicted a shepherd and his sheep in a rural landscape. The interior has a gilt metal top with spaces for seven implements. It contains a pair of steel and brass scissors (A), a brass bodkin (B), a brass spoon (C), a brass pencil holder (D), a pair of ivory memorandum leaves hinged with a gilt button (E) and a small ivory ear pick with hinged tortoiseshell toothpick(F) in a quill case(G). One implement is missing.
History note: Uncertain before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 2.4 cm
Length: 9.4 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, third quarter
Circa
1760
CE
-
1770
CE
Mount
composed of
metal
Decoration
composed of
enamel
Etui
composed of
copper
Surface Of Mount
composed of
gold
Accession number: MAR.M.287 & A-G-1912
Primary reference Number: 156360
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Etui" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156360 Accessed: 2024-11-21 21:52:44
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