15929608080001312637261000Standard Recordobject-31713170292699792217029083950001702926927189fitz-onlineadlib-object-31713https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/317132e2e9fc0-a29f-3cf3-9b50-b130be676f726personreferenceagent-150796adlib-agent-150796ec5a0c8a-e54c-3735-adea-0fd5dd14f994Cupidreferenceterm-110356adlib-term-1103568d05cb33-74bb-3662-85eb-e320b21f776dboxesreferenceterm-115872adlib-term-1158726da1c0ff-a799-3023-9ff4-fe88fbdd54e2Leonard D. Cunliffereferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-29409adlib-term-29409f1f4145c-3fc8-365a-9df5-c7f7131d3bc2engravingIvoryivory, carved, engraved, and paintedreferenceterm-98865adlib-term-98865aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9carvingApplied Artsrectangular, ivory box painted in colours on a natural ivory ground; the lid inscribed 'La fidelité me conduit'Ivory, engraved and painted in black, green, yellow and pink, with gilt metal hinges. Rectangular, the base with straight sides. The moulded sides of the lid projecting slightly over the base. The two projecting hinges are pinned to a metal scroll inside the box. The upper surface and interior of the lid and the base are engraved in outline in black and painted on a natural ground. The top of the lid is decorated with a roundel of Cupid, blindfolded, carrying in his right hand a bow, and led by a dog on a lead. The scroll above the roundel is inscribed 'La fidelité me conduit'. The roundel is surrounded by scrolling foliage, flowers, pendant garlands and a shell in green, pink and yellow. At each corner is a swag of green fruit on a pink stippled ground. The inside the lid is decorated with a black hare (or cat-like creature?) surrounded by green, pink and yellow scrolling foliage and flowers within a black border beneath which is the inscription 'Mariaval le Juene a Rouen fecit'. The base is decorated with a pink and green tulip and two other flowers in a yellow border. The box contains 13 long narrow counters painted on both sides with a floral design in yellow, green and pink, and five elongated octagonal counters painted on both sides with a green and yellow floral border on a pink stipped ground, numbered in black '5', '10', '30' '40' or '50'. (with M.15 & A-Z-1938, M.16 & A-Y-1938 and M.17 & A-X-1938)M.14 & A-R-19381accession numberM.14 & A-R-193831713priref31713urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31713https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31713inside the lidinscribedMariaval le Jeune a Rouen fecitsignatureon the lidinscribedLa fidelité me conduitmottopaper labelon the back between the two hingeshand-written in ink on paperB / 19 / L.Mlabelmonogram with dolphin above; and below, No. 134on back of boxSEK monogramlabelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumL.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937referenceagent-149807adlib-agent-149807e699d770-0f16-32bf-b0b1-da62f9118c29Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham193719371937bequeathedsale reference given in inventory of the Cunliffe collection as 22.3.1817201720CE1720circa1720173011730CE1730circa1730makerreferenceagent-156855adlib-agent-1568551f396cf6-b4a6-3247-9b27-2af631f692afMariaval, Le JeuneMariaval le Jeune was an engraver on ivory active in Rouen and Paris in the early to mid 18th century. He designed the card game Reversino (Reversis) in which the object is to avoid winning tricks. This is one of a set of four boxes probably intended for this game.referenceterm-106655adlib-term-106655ee8a7821-8b3c-3059-913f-eca0d91befec18th Century, Early#referenceterm-106578adlib-term-1065789178abc7-73c4-3424-ba01-62f60a169475literalFranceFrancecountryRouenreferenceterm-40149adlib-term-4014989c91a11-c946-3355-a7f0-e9d757f7a1d5ivoryHeightcm2.6Lengthcm8.5Widthcm6.3referencemedia-16035adlib-media-16035867136b9-e271-361c-9f72-6bc2aa7bc44cjpegaa/aa20/M_14_1938.jpg1heightpixels597widthpixels76017029266817111imagejpegaa/aa20/mid_M_14_1938.jpg1heightpixels393widthpixels50017029266817111imagejpegaa/aa20/M_14_1938.jpg1heightpixels597widthpixels76017029266817111imagejpegaa/aa20/preview_M_14_1938.jpg1heightpixels196widthpixels25017029266817111image0media
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imagereferenceterm-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxobject namereferenceterm-42545adlib-term-42545d3d48b12-e5ee-30fb-94d0-acf8a3f38f8eobjets de vertucategorycounter boxgaming token boxboite à jettonshistory noteS.E. Kennedy; Christie, Manson & Woods, 18-22 March, 1918, Important collection of objects of art, antiquities, armour and arms, on 22 March,1referenceobject-166624adlib-object-166624b8fdeeb3-732d-3016-9028-a5f3eea6a3a91reference1term-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxbox1referenceobject-166623adlib-object-166623433b20cf-d1bf-328d-a068-17332203bc181reference1term-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxbox1referenceobject-166625adlib-object-1666258874b0c2-7b58-34fa-a5cd-f75001eb24261reference1term-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxboxreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-6452adlib-publication-64527726153f-c49a-39ba-a059-1f065c4abf68Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 16 December 1982Cf. p. 113, lot 452, a set of four boxes of this type with different designs. Dated to c. 1730. Estimate £700-1,000.113referencepublication-5627adlib-publication-5627e86c7e6e-ace3-3d7c-9145-7754d5a2f7eaEnglish and Continental Silver, Portrait Miniatures and Objects of VertuCf. p. 103, lot 132, a set of white, green, red, and yellow boxes for use when playing cards, as they are marked with a heart, diamond, spade, and club respectively. Attributed to Mariaval Le Jeune, Paris, 1720. No mention of signature.103referencepublication-5722adlib-publication-5722b52558c0-aa31-37cc-a877-b59123cba357European Ceramics, Silver and Vertureferencepublication-8862adlib-publication-886264269033-a03a-3828-bb2f-206ca93671cfEuropean Ceramics, Silver and Vertureferenceterm-8399adlib-term-83996611ae15-9298-340e-8c20-9fc4c7a76bf8Frenchanimalreferenceterm-81073adlib-term-81073afcd0aec-cc0b-385e-8b79-3c42b02cf3e8doganimalreferenceterm-11881adlib-term-11881bf4eb91f-5413-32d7-a90b-e9ae46617a34hareplantreferenceterm-108464adlib-term-1084646633d0a4-77a1-3055-b157-1f884dd49e02tulipplantreferenceterm-106795adlib-term-106795619c7689-2029-3c57-b0e2-12f5b54bedb8flowerliteraldogdogliteralharehareliteraltuliptulipliteralflowerflowerreferenceterm-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxboxOne of a set of four counter boxesobject
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