IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 2668 accession number: M.90 & A-1973 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 13 December 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Boxwood and tortoise-shell set with a miniature in bodycolour on card, mounted under glass in gold. The circular box has straight sides with moulded edges, and a slightly domed pull-off lid. The interior is lined in tortoise-shell. The circular miniature depicts a carved stone urn of flowers, including roses, poppies and auriculas, next to a bird's nest of three eggs and two droplets of water, on the corner of a marble slab. object type: boxwood lined with tortoise-shell, with miniature of a stone urn of flowers and nest of eggs title: box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton creditline: Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2668 SUBJECTS ------------------- nest rose poppy auricula plant nest rose poppy auricula plant CATEGORIES ------ category: miniature (painting) category: boxes DATING ------ creation date: 1780 - 1840 creation date earliest: 1780 creation date latest: 1840 culture: 18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Unknown IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_90_1973_20_281_29.jpg height: 672 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_M_90_1973_20_281_29.jpg height: 442 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_90_1973_20_281_29.jpg height: 672 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_M_90_1973_20_281_29.jpg height: 221 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_90_1973_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 742 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/mid_M_90_1973_20_282_29.jpg height: 512 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/M_90_1973_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 742 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa24/preview_M_90_1973_20_282_29.jpg height: 256 pixels width: 250 pixels