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Description: | Artist: Obrisset, John, maker; Date(s): 1705 - 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, Spencer George Perceval Bequest [PER.M.356 & A-1923]
Description: oval, horn box pressed with a vignette of Alexander the Great standing before the kneeling family of Darius III | 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 Obrisset snuff box 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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