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Snuff bottle: O.20 & A-1961

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Amethystine quartz, carved with feline dragons and a squirrel.

Notes

History note: Lady Jenkinson's collection. Formed by her cousin, the late Robert Windsor Richards of Usk Priory, Monmouth

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Lady Jenkinson

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Jenkinson, Lady

Dating

19th/20th Century
1850 - 1930

Materials used in production

Amethyst

Techniques used in production

Carving

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.20 & A-1961
Primary reference Number: 168762
J22
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 16 February 2016 Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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