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Maker: Unknown
Circular, wood box painted in red and gold, the lid set with a gilt metal rosette over a hardstone
Wood box painted in red, gold and white, and varnished, with a tortoiseshell lining, set with a pierced and chased gilt metal ornament over a hardstone. Circular with straight sides and an almost flat pull-off lid. The whole of the exterior is decorated with a chequered pattern of square gold dots on a red ground within narrow white and gilt borders. The top of the lid has an applied gilt metal rosette of scrolling foliage over a flat circular hardstone
Diameter: 7.3 cm
Height: 2.4 cm
19th Century, Early#
1800
CE
-
1840
CE
Exterior Box
composed of
wood
Interior Box
composed of
tortoise shell
Rosette
composed of
metal
Decoration
composed of
paint
Surface Of Rosette
composed of
gold
Accession number: RTR.M.17 & A
Primary reference Number: 156402
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Snuff box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156402 Accessed: 2024-04-25 00:14:40
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: M.101-1961
Accession Number: M.15-1950
Accession Number: M.42-1929
Accession Number: M.6-1964
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