Snuff bottle: O.3 & A-1945

Current Location: In storage

Entities

Snuff bottle

Description

Ivory decorated with polychrome enamels and carved with a continuous design of a deity mounted on a buddhist lion, the reverse with the same deity mounted on an elephant with various birds, the foot, neck and shoulders with formalized borders, the stopper

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Lady Rutherford

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1945) by Rutherford, Lady

Dating

1800 - 1900

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.3 & A-1945
Primary reference Number: 168944
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 September 2012

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Snuff bottle" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/168944 Accessed: 2024-05-01 04:15:53

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            University of Cambridge}}