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Snuff bottle: O.185 & A-1946

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Quartz chalcedony of honey colour with dark brown inclusions lightly carved to form the design of five bats issuing from a large double gourd, the reverse with a small double gourd. Red composition top inlaid with pearl

Legal notes

Oscar Raphael bequest 1941, received 1946

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Dating

18th Century-19th Century
1760 - 1880

Components of the work

Top composed of jade
Inlay composed of pearl

Materials used in production

Chalcedony

Techniques used in production

Inlay
Carving

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.185 & A-1946
Primary reference Number: 168902
Oscar Raphael: 157

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 13 August 2015

Associated departments & institutions

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

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