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Miniaturist:
Paigne, E. Mélanie
Box maker:
Unknown
Maple wood lined with tortoise-shell, with miniature of wicker basket of roses (formerly fitted as a music box)
Maple wood and tortoise-shell set with a miniature in bodycolour on card, mounted under glass in gilt metal. The rectangular box has straight sides, a recessed hinge and a gilt metal thumbpiece. The interior is lined in tortoise-shell. The base once contained the fittings for a musical box. The octagonal miniature depicts a wicker basket of pink roses on a marble slab.
Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973-12) by Broughton, Henry Rogers, Major the Hon.
19th Century
Circa
1837
-
Before
1872
Miniature
composed of
bodycolour
card
Lining
composed of
tortoise shell
Mount
composed of
metal
Box
composed of
maple
Surface Of Mount
composed of
gold
Cover
composed of
glass
Box And Lid
Height 2.8 cm
Length 8.8 cm
Width 6.1 cm
Accession number: M.68-1973
Primary reference Number: 2825
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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