IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167268 accession number: M/P.4 & A-BH-1922 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Gilt metal, probably silver. Circular with straight sides and flat pull-off lid. The lid is set with a portrait medallion of George III facing right, inscribed round the edge 'GEORG . III . D .G . FRANGIT. HOSTES . EXTENDIT . IMPERIVM .' and signed 'IVN'. The base is set with a portrait medallion of George II facing left, inscribed round the edge 'GEORG . II . D . G . FACTA . INTICTVM . TE . PRAEDICANT . SEMPER .' The box contains 61 circular etchings (A-BI) - two glued to the inside of the lid and base, the remaining loose - describing and depicting 'A short history in miniature of the origin and progress of the late war from its commencement to the exchange of the Ratification of Peace between Great Britain, France and Spain on the 10th of Feby. 1763'. With its original black leather fitted case (BH) lined in blue silk object type: gilt metal, probably silver; circular, the lid and base set with portrait medallions of George III and George II, containing 61 circular etchings title: box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Spencer George Perceval Collection creditline: Spencer George Perceval Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167268 PEOPLE ------------------- George II (1727-60) George III CATEGORIES ------ category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1765 - 1765 creation date earliest: 1765 creation date latest: 1765 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Nost, John II maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 2 A Catalogue of British Historical Medals, 1760-1960. Vol I: The Accession of George III to the Death of William IV ---