box
- Museum number
- 1978,1002.241
- Description
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Oval silver box with plain sides and a detachable lid with a chased portrait of King Charles I in high relief on a matted background Inside is a maker's mark struck twice beneath lion, on the base is an unidentified engraved coat of arms.
- Production date
- 1691 (post)
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.80 centimetres
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Length: 9.90 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al 1984) no 386:
Henry Beesley became free of the Goldsmiths' Company in 1691. The coat of arms is unidentified. The same portrait is used on two tortoiseshell and silver boxes in the Victoria and Albert Museum (M.42-1922; M.716-1926). The portrait is derived from the medals of Charles 1 and Henrietta Maria by Heinrich Reitz the Younger (Hawkins, Franks & Grueber 1885, 1, pp 278-9, nos 81-84; p.350, no. 209). (Timothy Wilson)
- Location
- On display (G46/dc11)
- Acquisition notes
- S J Shrubsole, 43 Museum Street, London WC1. Original invoice for £325 to Anne Hull Grundy dated 3.9.1975, described as 'Late 17th C oval silver snuff box with portrait of Charles 1 on cover and engraved with coat of arms on base'.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1978,1002.241
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: HG.241 (masterlist number)
