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Coin Cabinet
Unknown
(Maker)
Gilded wood, and coloured and gilded 'on-laid' leather, with silver carrying handles, pull-down fronts and fold out leather tray list, lined with yellow moire, for twelve interior trays with leather fronts and gilt-copper drawer pulls; Draper arms applied to the pediments. One of a non matching pair
History note: Given by A. A. Vansittart, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1864. Previously owned by William Draper II, and was part of his estate when sold 3rd April 1760. The cabinet may have even been commissioned by him.
Given by A. A. Vansittart, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1864.
Diameter: 28.5 cm
Height: 46.5 cm
Width: 32.5 cm
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: Given
(1864)
by
VanSittart, Augustus Arthur
18th century
Production date:
circa
AD 1745
Cabinet composed of wood leather Drawer-pull composed of gilt-copper Lining composed of silk Handles composed of silver
Accession number: CM.TR.1904-R
Primary reference Number: 201240
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals
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Accession Number: MF.1-1940
Accession Number: MAR.M.210 & A-1912
Accession Number: T.8-1945
Accession Number: M.2-2010
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