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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): after 1777 - circa 1800; Classification(s): boxes, snuff box, carving, the tortoise shell was carved from a turtle shell, which was then heated and pressed to form the parts of a box, which were glued together. The lid and borders were inlaid with gold and silver piqué work and mother-of-pearl.; Acquisition: given by Besant, M., 1953-04-23, Given by Mrs M. Besant [M.2 & A-1953]
Description: circular tortoise shell box inlaid with gold and silver piqué work and mother-of-pearl armorials and military emblems | 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=last quarter of 18th century; start=1777; end=1800 | 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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