Scent flask: M.34-1940

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Scent flask
Scent flask or snuff flask

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Metalwork

Description

Wear to silver

The flask is made from chiselled iron, and is silvered on the relief decoration. It is of a flattened pear shape with a projecting ring round the mouth, and a stopper with a rounded cylindrical lower part seperated by a projecting ring from the trefid shaped upper part. It is decorated on one side with a putto beside a fire and enclosed by scrollwork; on the other side there are two exotic birds and an owl amid symmetrical scrollwork. One side of the stopper is decorated with a male mask surrounded by scrolls, the other with an animal's mask and scrolls.

Legal notes

Given by Miss E. Rothwell in memory of the late W. E. Miller, F.S.A.

Measurements and weight

Height: 11.6 cm
Width: 5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Rothwell, E., Miss

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.34-1940
Primary reference Number: 201754
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 4 June 2015 Updated: Wednesday 10 February 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            University of Cambridge}}

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