1592961190000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-156399 1747246172593 1714398538000 1747245848757 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-156399 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156399 3f089069-7872-303c-bb3f-28e190b6e6cc 5 person reference agent-150959 adlib-agent-150959 533d8a4c-ba3c-3188-96f0-9ccd30576357 musician person reference agent-150415 adlib-agent-150415 e2b25365-e54e-32cc-91ea-399c4bac8803 dancer reference term-110356 adlib-term-110356 8d05cb33-74bb-3662-85eb-e320b21f776d boxes reference term-31734 adlib-term-31734 32f0e347-7ed1-33e5-b730-65f124f9d959 tortoise shell Lid And Base The tortoiseshell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the lid and base. The lid was inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and engraved silver and brass. The silver parts of the box were soldered and the hinge was pinned to the base and mount. The tortoise shell lid was set into the mount. reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving reference term-26719 adlib-term-26719 1282a270-5a3b-3285-a698-e2b46e8f3197 pressing reference term-32923 adlib-term-32923 80451834-13fc-3c48-9d3a-2ecb13f8d1b2 mother-of-pearl reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver reference term-40335 adlib-term-40335 80b8ec5a-ae92-3ae0-8967-f2a28e1658d4 brass (alloy) Inlay reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Sides Decoration reference term-27645 adlib-term-27645 c489df47-4067-3e45-80d3-a0c71cedaaf8 inlay (process) Applied Arts oval silver box with tortoise shell lid and base; the lid inlaid with mother-of-pearl, silver and brass dancing figures Silver with tortoise shell lid and base; the lid inlaid with mother-of-pearl and engraved silver and brass. Oval with straight silver sides and projecting moulded edges and hinge. The top of the slightly convex lid is decorated with a vignette of a man playing a lute and a woman dancing. RTR.M.14 1 accession number RTR.M.14 156399 priref 156399 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156399 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156399 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 1730 1730 CE 1730 1730 1760 The silver does not bear any hallmarks 1 1760 CE 1760 1760 silversmith reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown The silver does not bear a maker's mark reference term-106451 adlib-term-106451 9cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad08631 18th Century, Mid reference term-107139 adlib-term-107139 9fd5ef13-3709-388f-b925-702787340e32 literal England England country possibly England Height cm 1.7 Length cm 8.2 Width cm 6 reference media-136098 adlib-media-136098 c8746509-1437-3482-b5bd-0d10637afead jpeg aa/aa24/RTR_M_14_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 702 1616277378581 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/mid_RTR_M_14_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 541 width pixels 500 1616277378581 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/RTR_M_14_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 702 1616277378581 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/preview_RTR_M_14_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 271 width pixels 250 1616277378581 1 image 0 media image reference media-136099 adlib-media-136099 530127e5-984f-31e3-bef9-78cdea6adbe4 jpeg aa/aa24/RTR_M_14_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 706 width pixels 760 1616254366174 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/mid_RTR_M_14_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 464 width pixels 499 1616254366174 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/RTR_M_14_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 706 width pixels 760 1616254366174 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/preview_RTR_M_14_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 232 width pixels 250 1616254366174 1 image 1 media image reference media-136100 adlib-media-136100 dae90219-cdc7-3bc7-bfa5-93f7e13d00cb jpeg aa/aa24/RTR_M_14_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 679 1616280914711 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/mid_RTR_M_14_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 560 width pixels 500 1616280914711 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/RTR_M_14_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 679 1616280914711 1 image jpeg aa/aa24/preview_RTR_M_14_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 280 width pixels 250 1616280914711 1 image 2 media image reference term-117366 adlib-term-117366 378ecbe6-ac1b-3780-9c78-2b67f93574d8 snuff box object name reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver category reference term-42545 adlib-term-42545 d3d48b12-e5ee-30fb-94d0-acf8a3f38f8e objets de vertu category reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-8396 adlib-term-8396 715c235d-2fad-3b71-9a65-d5db65d1b9e0 English animal reference term-106419 adlib-term-106419 6a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90 bird plant reference term-106795 adlib-term-106795 619c7689-2029-3c57-b0e2-12f5b54bedb8 flower literal bird bird literal flower flower

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