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

Box

1823-1824 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oblong red and yellow gold box, engine turned and chased, with rounded ends, with a maker's mark for Alexander James Strachan and London hallmarks for 1823-24


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engine turned and chased red and yellow gold
Brief description
England, London, 1823-4; mark of Alexander James Strachan
Varicoloured gold, engine-turned and chased
Physical description
Oblong red and yellow gold box, engine turned and chased, with rounded ends, with a maker's mark for Alexander James Strachan and London hallmarks for 1823-24
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.2cm
  • Width: 9.4cm
  • Depth: 3.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • mark (maker's mark for Alexander James Strachan)
  • mark (London hallmarks for 1823-24)
Credit line
Given in memory of his wife Sallie by A. Kenneth Snowman
Collection
Accession number
M.33-1996

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Record createdJuly 5, 2005
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