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Box: M.22 & A-1988

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Chatwin, Peter

Entities

Categories

Description

Wood and silver; lozenge-shaped in plan, laminated wood in stripes of brown and cream and greyish-blue and cream

Wood and silver; laminated in cream, brown and greyish-blue wood and three narrow sheets of silver, so two sides of the interior of the box are lined in silver, and a line of silver runs through the centre of the lid and protrudes into the interior to hold the lid in place. Approximately square in plan, but intended to be seen as a lozenge; the base flat, the top domed and slightly ridged on the north-south axis; the rectangular cover is also ridged in the opposite direction, so that its shallow triangular ends show at the sides. The north and south points are striped horizontally in brown and cream and the east and west points are striped vertically in greyish-blue and cream. Half of the cover is striped horizontally in brown and cream and half vertically in greyish-blue and cream. Narrow vertical strips of silver separate the brown/cream and greyish-blue/cream areas of the box, and the two striped areas of the lid.

Notes

History note: Given to the Contemporary Arts Society by Edward Lucie-Smith

Legal notes

Given by the Contemporary Art Society

Place(s) associated

  • Sheffield ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1988-12-05) by Contemporary Art Society

Dating

20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
1982 CE - 1983 CE

Components of the work

Box composed of wood silver
Box And Lid Height 3.9 cm Length 9.3 cm Width 9.1 cm

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: PC
  • Location: On one the inside wall of the box
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Maker's mark

Inscription present: lion passant

  • Location: On both inside walls of the box
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark
  • Text: H
  • Location: On both inside walls of the box
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark

Inscription present: a rose

  • Location: On one the inside wall of the box
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.22 & A-1988
Primary reference Number: 81855
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 December 2012 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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