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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): after 1689 - circa 1725; Classification(s): boxes, snuff box, carving, The tortoise shell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the lid and parts of the base, which were glued together. The hinge was soldered to the silver sides and pinned to the base. The portrait bust was stamped and chased and pinned to the lid, which was set into the silver sides.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray, 1960-12-13, L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 [M.88-1961]
Description: oval, tortoise shell box with silver mounts and portrait bust of William III and Queen Mary | 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 17th or early 18th century; start=1689; end=1725 | 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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