IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 156411 accession number: RTR.M.26 & A & B DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 4 October 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Gold, glass and velvet; the gold case is approximately shield-shaped and has a hinged lid with small handle attached to the top and a metal ring. It is embossed and chased with an all-over rococo pattern of scrolls, shells and flowers. The interior of the base is lined with green velvet. The case contains a glass scent bottle (A), rectangular in section with cut corners, with gold rim mount and pull-off cover (B) with chain, which would probably have been attached to the roof of the lid. object type: gold case embossed with rococo decoration containing a glass scent bottle with gold mount and lid title: scent bottle LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156411 CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes category: objets de vertu DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1750 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1750 CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 1.9 dimension: Length units: cm value: 4.2 dimension: Width units: cm value: 2.4