Box
18th century (made)
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Snuff box, tortoise shell inlaid with gold and silver, round, plain side and base, the lid inlaid depicting a scene of a balloon ascending above two spectators with telescopes, another with a walking stick and a lady with an umbrella.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Picque, inlaid tortoise-shell, red gold |
| Brief description | Snuff box, tortoise shell inlaid with gold and silver, France, 1783. |
| Physical description | Snuff box, tortoise shell inlaid with gold and silver, round, plain side and base, the lid inlaid depicting a scene of a balloon ascending above two spectators with telescopes, another with a walking stick and a lady with an umbrella. |
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| Gallery label | Silver Gallery:
This round box is decorated with a balloon lifting off the ground and may commemorate the first hydrogen balloon ascent in 1783.(26/11/2002) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss D.G. Griffin |
| Object history | This box was possibly made to commemorate the first manned flight in a hydrogen balloon in France on 27th of August, 1783 by Jaques Charles (1746-1823) and Noel Robert. The balloon, launched in Paris, flew north for 45 minutes landing in the village of Gonesse, 21 kilometeres away. |
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| Accession number | M.42-1959 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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