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Maker: Unknown
Oval, ivory box inlaid with silver wire and decorated with red and green enamel paint
Ivory inlaid with silver wire and painted in red and green enamel. Oval with straight sides and a pull-off lid. The top of the lid is decorated with a border of dots and scrolling foliage round an oval cartouche of stylised flowers and a bird.
1700 CE - 1900 CE
Probably European.
Decoration
composed of
paint
Inlay
composed of
silver
Box And Lid
Diameter 8.5 cm
Height 2.1 cm
Length 10.8 cm
Accession number: RTR.M.21 & A
Primary reference Number: 156406
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156406 Accessed: 2024-12-25 02:37:59
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