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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): 1700 - 1720; Classification(s): boxes, snuff box, carving, The tortoise shell was carved from a turtle shell, which was heated and pressed to form the parts of the box, which were glued together. The lid and base were inlaid with gold piqué work. The silver-gilt mounts and hinge were pinned to the box. The gilt metal border was glued inside the lid. [RTR.M.15]
Description: rectangular, tortoise shell box with silver-gilt mounts inlaid with gold piqué work wolf, hound and birds | 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=early 18th Century; start=1700; end=1720 | 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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