White satin, worked in metal thread, purl and spangles sewn on with silk. A foundation of wood, four compartments lined rose velvet. Front and back, a design formed by circular coiling stem, flowers, fruit and leaves, and a border design of stem, leaves and fruit.
Miss Grace Clarke Bequest
Depth: 0.75 in
Height: 2.25 in
Width: 4 in
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1940-05) by Clarke, Grace F., Miss
Mid 17th century
Circa
1625
CE
-
Circa
1674
CE
Accession number: T.5-1940
Primary reference Number: 197641
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Case" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/197641 Accessed: 2023-01-30 02:54:12
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|title=Case
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-01-30 02:54:12|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: O.3-2017
Accession Number: M.2A-1956
Accession Number: O.25-1991
Accession Number: PD.32-2004
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