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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): 1780 - 1800; Classification(s): boxes, toothpick case, carving, The tortoiseshell was carved, heated and pressed to form the parts of a box which were then glued together. The hardstone was carved and set in the lid with a gold (or gilt metal) rim mount. The gold (or gilt metal) hinge and rim mounts were pinned and glued to the box.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George, 1922, Spencer George Perceval Bequest [PER.M.351-1923]
Description: navette-shaped tortoise shell box mounted in gold with a pressed horn plaque of a female head | 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: | Unknown boxes toothpick case | Temporal: | name=late 18th century; start=1780; end=1800 | 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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