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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 wer glued together. The interior was fitted with metal holder for two flat ivory dice and a button to control their rotation. The miniature was painted, probably on card and set under glass with a gilt metal mount.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Broughton, Major the Hon. H.R., 1973-04-06, Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton Bequest [M.137 & A-1973]
Description: tortoise-shell with miniature of an urn of flowers; the interior fitted with an automatic dice roller | 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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