box
- Museum number
- 1978,1002.229
- Description
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Rectangular box in mother-of-pearl with silver-gilt mounts and thumb-piece. The lid (hinged) and sides are carved with chinoiserie scenes.
- Production date
- 18thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.20 centimetres
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Length: 7.70 centimetres
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Width: 4.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al 1984) no 415:
For another eighteenth-century example of carved mother-of-pearl set in a box see 494. The Dutch trading connections seem to have favoured the taste for ornamenting objects with carved mother-of-pearl and this box can be attributed tentatively to the Netherlands.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1978,1002.229
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: HG.229 (masterlist number)