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Production: W. Schiller & Sons
Red earthenware, moulded, decorated with applied reliefs, and lacquered or varnished black
Red earthenware, moulded, decorated with applied reliefs and a three-dimensional knob, and lacquered or varnished black. Rectangular with rounded corners, deep sides, projecting base and rim, two handles, each in the form of a head, and a cover surmounted by a recumbent greyhound. The base is decorated with an egg and dart border, and the rim and the rim of the cover with a border of formal leaves. On each side there is an applied relief of smoking paraphernalia.
History note: Unknown before the testator, John Tillotson
Bequeathed by John Tillotson
Height: 16 cm
Length: 20 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1984-10-22) by Tillotson, John
19th Century, second half#
Circa
1850
CE
-
1900
CE
Surface composed of varnish ( ? or lacquer)
red Earthenware
Moulding : Red earthenware, moulded, decorated with applied reliefs and three-dimensional knob, and lacquered or varnished black
Accession number: C.861 & A-1984
Primary reference Number: 76238
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tobacco box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76238 Accessed: 2024-04-19 02:31:53
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: C.1254 & A-1928
Accession Number: M.23-1964
Accession Number: C.65 & A-1997
Accession Number: C.39 & A-1920
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