box
- Museum number
- 1891,1214.1
- Description
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Box; horn; pressed; oval; on the lid a pressing of the Conversion of St Paul; probably meant to commemorate the opening for service of St Paul's Cathedral in 1710; signed and inscribed.
- Dimensions
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Length: 8.10 centimetres
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Width: 10.30 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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The scene on the lid based on the pediment over the West front of St Paul's Cathedral which encloses a sculpture depicting the Conversion of Saul (known as Paul after his conversion) as described in Acts Ch.IX and was the work of Francis Bird, under the supervision of Sir Christopher Wren.
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Phillips 1931, no. 77
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1985 May-Oct, Museum of London, The Quiet Conquest: The Huguenots 1685-1985
- Associated events
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Commemoration of: Opening for service of St Paul's Cathedral
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Associated Event: Conversion of Saul
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Acts 9
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1891,1214.1
