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Description: | Artist: Stephany, G., miniaturist; Date(s): 1800 - 1840; Classification(s): boxes, toothpick case, carving, the box and the scene of sailing ships were carved of ivory. The sky behind the ships was painted black. The gold mount, hinge and button were pinned or glued to the ivory. The mirror was glued in the lid, and the velvet was glued in the base; Acquisition: given by Hull Grundy, J. Mrs, 1984-06-11, Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy [M.45-1984]
Description: Elongated oval, ivory box, the lid set with carved ivory miniature of sailing ships silhouetted against a black painted sky | 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: | boxes Stephany G. toothpick case | Temporal: | name=early to mid 19th Century; start=1800; end=1840 | 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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