IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 24012 accession number: MAR.O.62 & A-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 4 January 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lacquer box, helmet box. Helmet box, lacquer with silver mounts. The box is of cylindrical form with grooved body and seated lid (A), and resting on three bracket feet. The black ground is sprinkled in gold nashiji (shimmering spangles) of varying density, and is finely decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) in gold of two tone with paulownia, entwining branches, leaves and tendrils with sprays of flowers in cut-silver foil. Three silver metal ring handles are fitted onto the lower section and attached to each of these is a brown silk cord with two ochre silk tassels. The three lacquer bracket feet are protected with silver metal fittings finely tooled with scrolling foliage. The interior and the base are in nashiji. title: box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24012 SUBJECTS ------------------- foliage flower sprays foliage flower sprays TECHNIQUES ---------- helmet box, lacquer with silver mounts, decorated with nashiji (shimmering spangles), hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: lacquer DATING ------ creation date: 1820 - 1820 creation date earliest: 1820 creation date latest: 1820 culture: Edo Period (1615-1868)# culture: 19th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 29.0 dimension: Height units: cm value: 41.4