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On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91 to 93 mezzanine, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Box

ca. 1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gold box, set with an enamel miniature, perhaps after a composition by Poussin. Inside a miniature by Petitot, perhaps of Louis XIV as a child, England, ca.1745.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold, set with an enamelled miniature
Brief description
Gold box, set with an enamelled plaque of a betrothal scene; inside a miniature by Jean Petitot, perhaps of Louis XIV as a child, England, about 1745
Physical description
Gold box, set with an enamel miniature, perhaps after a composition by Poussin. Inside a miniature by Petitot, perhaps of Louis XIV as a child, England, ca.1745.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.4cm
  • Width: 5.6cm
  • Depth: 5.9cm
Object history
From Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
HH.458-1948

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Record createdJuly 1, 2005
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