IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 1623 accession number: M.113 & A-1973 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 13 December 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Tortoise-shell set with a miniature in bodycolour, probably on card, mounted under glass in gilt metal. The circular box has straight sides and a slightly domed pull-off lid. The circular miniature depicts a vase of flowers, including roses and auriculas, next to a bird's nest with two eggs, on a marble slab object type: tortoise-shell with miniature of a vase of flowers and nest on a marble slab title: box NOTES ----- type: history note value: Not known before testator LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton creditline: Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1623 SUBJECTS ------------------- nest egg rose auricula plant nest egg rose auricula plant CATEGORIES ------ category: miniature (painting) category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1773 - 1825 creation date earliest: 1773 creation date latest: 1825 culture: 18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Leen, Willem van maker: Unknown