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Description: | Artist: Unknown, silversmith; Date(s): 1730 - 1760; Classification(s): boxes, snuff box, carving, The base of the box was carved from a single piece of agate. The lid was engraved, and the silver hinge and thumbpiece were soldered to it. The interior of the lid and the bezel were gilt. The silver rim mount was attached to the base; Acquisition: bequeathed by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray, 1960-12-13, L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 [M.78-1961]
Description: shaped rectangular, red agate box with silver lid engraved with posy of flowers | 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=mid 18th Century; start=1730; 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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