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

Box

ca. 1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bloodstone box with gold mounts


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bloodstone with gold mounts
Brief description
Bloodstone, mounted in chased gold, England, London, about 1720
Physical description
Bloodstone box with gold mounts
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.3cm
  • Width: 5.6cm
  • Depth: 6.5cm
Credit line
Given by Douglas Eyre Esq. in memory of his father and mother, Henry Richard and Isabella Catherine Eyre, late of Shaw house, near Newbury, Berks.
Object history
The gift of Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745), 1st Earl of Orford, to Mr Andrews of Shaw House
Collection
Accession number
M.43-1922

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Record createdJuly 1, 2005
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