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Box

1792-1793 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silver-gilt box with cameo of Pitt the Younger


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver-gilt with paste cameo
Brief description
Snuff box, silver-gilt, engraved, the lid set with a paste cameo of William Pitt the Younger, London hallmarks for 1792-3, mark of Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson.
Physical description
Silver-gilt box with cameo of Pitt the Younger
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1792-3
  • Mark of Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson
Credit line
Bequeathed by Ernest Thornton Smith
Object history
No Reg Des details from Label
Bequest - E Thornton, Esq.
Acquisition RF: No Reg Des
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
M.15-1972

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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