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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): 1720 - 1760; Classification(s): boxes, snuff box, carving, The tortoiseshell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the parts of a box, which were glued together. The lid was inlaid with silver piqué work and mother-of-pearl flowers. The silver rim mount was engraved and soldered round the box. (It has now become detached.); Acquisition: bequeathed by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray, 1960-12-13, L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 [M.74 & A-1961]
Description: circular, tortoise shell box, the lid inlaid with silver piqué work and mother-of-pearl dancers and a group of musicians | 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=18th century; start=1720; end=1760 | 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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