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Description: | Artist: Unknown, silversmith; Date(s): after 1707 - 1720; Classification(s): boxes, snuff box, carving, The tortoise shell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the lid, which was inlaid with silver piqué work. The silver parts of the box were soldered and the hinges was pinned to the base and mount. The tortoise shell lid was set into the mount.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray, 1960-12-13, L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 [M.85-1961]
Description: rectangular, silver box with tortoise shell lid inlaid with silver thread piqué work vignette and motto 'L'VNION CONSERVE TOUT' | 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=early 18th Century; start=1707; end=1720 | 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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