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Description: | Artist: Spaendonck, Gerard van, miniaturist - Dutch artist, 1746-1822; Date(s): circa 1766 - before 1822; Classification(s): miniature (painting), box, The shell of a turtle (known as tortoiseshell) was carved, heated and pressed to form the parts of a box, which were glued together, and to which gold mounts were pinned and glued. The miniature was painted on card and set under glass with a gold or gilt metal mount.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Broughton, Major the Hon. H.R., 1973-04-06, Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton bequest [M.102 & A-1973]
Description: tortoise-shell with miniature of a vase of flowers, a bird and nest of eggs on a marble slab | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | miniature (painting) box Spaendonck, Gerard van | Temporal: | name=late 18th to early 19th century; start=1766; end=1822 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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