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tobacco-box / snuff-box
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Object type
Museum number
1893,1111.167
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Description
Snuff-box or tobacco-box; tortoiseshell; the lid outside inlaid with silver, engraved with a rustic scene, a peasant drinking on the left, two dancing in the middle, and a fourth seated on the right playing bag-pipes; inside the lid a stamped design with Venus reclining by a stream guarded by three cupids.
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Materials
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Length: 6.6 centimetres
- Width: 8.2 centimetres
- Height: 3.3 centimetres
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Location
Not on display
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Subjects
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Associated names
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1893
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Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
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Registration number
1893,1111.167
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Object reference number: MCN5886
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