Production: Unknown
Soapstone, the sides carved with elaborate animal masks, the front and back carved with pierced floral pattern revealing the inner body.
There are some doubts whether this type of soapstone container was originally made to hold snuff.
History note: Lady Jenkinson's collection. Formed by her cousin, the late Robert Windsor Richards of Usk Priory, Monmouth
Bequeathed by Lady Jenkinson
Height: 4.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Jenkinson, Lady
Qing Dynasty
1750
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1900
Accession number: O.39 & A-1961
Primary reference Number: 168933
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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