1592961190000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-156400 1755194558739 1714398538000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-156400 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156400 0612fe15-1e81-34a5-bb73-03e8ccfd3776 5 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 Box The tortoise shell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the parts of the box, which were glued together. The lid and base were inlaid with gold piqué work. The silver-gilt mounts and hinge were pinned to the box. The gilt metal border was glued inside the lid. 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-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Inlay reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Surface Of Mount reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Mount And Hinges Height cm 1.5 Length cm 7.6 Width cm 5.6 Box And Lid Gold Piqué reference term-27645 adlib-term-27645 c489df47-4067-3e45-80d3-a0c71cedaaf8 inlay (process) Applied Arts rectangular, tortoise shell box with silver-gilt mounts inlaid with gold piqué work wolf, hound and birds Tortoise shell with silver-gilt mounts and engraved gold piqué and piqué point work. Rectangular with straight sides and moulded projecting edges. The flat lid has a silver-gilt rim mount and two hinges. The top is decorated with a vignette of a wolf carrying a bone, a spotted hound, two birds and two insects with flowering trees in the background, surrounded by piqué point plants and scrolls. The base is similarly decorated with a smaller vignette of a hound chasing a bird and butterfly. The interior edge of the lid is set with a gilt metal border. RTR.M.15 1 accession number RTR.M.15 156400 priref 156400 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156400 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156400 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 1700 1700 CE 1700 1700 1720 1 1720 CE 1720 1720 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-106655 adlib-term-106655 ee8a7821-8b3c-3059-913f-eca0d91befec 18th Century, Early reference term-107139 adlib-term-107139 9fd5ef13-3709-388f-b925-702787340e32 literal England England country possibly England reference term-117366 adlib-term-117366 378ecbe6-ac1b-3780-9c78-2b67f93574d8 snuff box category objets de vertu reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum animal reference term-106792 adlib-term-106792 9dad6dce-12d1-35e5-82ba-35b95d0e469a hound animal reference term-106479 adlib-term-106479 b91b4043-3e4e-39f8-bc64-699b379ca076 wolf animal reference term-106419 adlib-term-106419 6a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90 bird animal reference term-107534 adlib-term-107534 aeeb38ff-735d-33f4-8f94-2910f5e8861b butterfly animal reference term-107302 adlib-term-107302 d727045b-558d-3447-887c-20aaf0d8e6f5 insect plant reference term-58471 adlib-term-58471 ce00216e-da4e-37b3-974c-c2b6377d6c19 tree literal hound hound literal wolf wolf literal bird bird literal butterfly butterfly literal insect insect literal tree tree

reference term-117366 adlib-term-117366 378ecbe6-ac1b-3780-9c78-2b67f93574d8 snuff box

snuff box object OBJECT