box
- Museum number
- 1978,1002.158
- Description
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Gold box with one side: set with domed mother-of-pearl and the other side with a smaller piece of mother-of-pearl in a broad gold border chased with two landscape scenes with strapwork, one scene of a dog with water-fowl, one of a dog chasing a stag.
- Production date
- 1770 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.60 centimetres
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Length: 7 centimetres
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Width: 4.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al 1984) no 485:
The shape is most unusual and the style of the decoration is similar to some early boxes attributed to German workshops, but the evidence for a German attribution in this case remains inconclusive.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1978-1981
- Acquisition notes
- Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, London W1. Original invoice for £700 to Anne Hull Grundy dated 3.9.1976, described as '18th C mother-of-pearl and gold box'.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1978,1002.158
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: HG.158 (masterlist number)