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Description: | Artist: Obrisset, John, maker; Date(s): circa 1705 - before 1728; Classification(s): boxes, snuff box, carving, the base, sides and lid were carved from horn. The pieces were then heated and pressed to form flat sheets, moulding or pressed patterns before being glued to form a box, which was then stained, possibly to resemble bronze.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George, 1922, S.G. Perceval Bequest, 1922 [PER.M.358 & A-1923]
Description: oval, horn box pressed with a portrait bust of Charles I | 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: | boxes snuff box Obrisset, John | Temporal: | name=early 18th Century; start=1705; end=1728 | 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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