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Description: | Artist: Unknown, miniaturist; Date(s): 1770 - 1800; Classification(s): boxes, snuff box; Acquisition: bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George, 1922, Spencer George Perceval Bequest [PER.M.349-1923]
Description: Gilt metal set with a miniature in bodycolour, probably on card, and mounted under glass. The oval box has straight sides and a flat lid with projecting hinge. The miniature is set across the centre of the lid. The red gilt metal lid, base and sides are engraved with panels of engine-turned basket-work within yellow gold borders of husks on a matted ground. The miniature depicts two figures, one possible fishing, in a rural landscape with cottage, lake and village in the background. | 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 snuff box | Temporal: | name=late 18th century; start=1770; 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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