IDENTIFIERS
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id:	168930
accession number:	MAR.O.246 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 13 January 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Realgar of mottled red and ochre colours in the form of a fruit with leaves and tendrils in relief.

In view of the impractical nature of this stone (arsenic disulphide) and its tendancy to flake, it is extremely rare to find it carved in a snuff bottle.
title:	snuff bottle

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/168930





TECHNIQUES
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relief

CATEGORIES
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category: snuff bottles

DATING
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creation date:	1780 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1780
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	Qing Dynasty

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 5.5