Patch Box
1775-1800 (made)
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The tortoiseshell lid of this box inlaid with silver, illustrating the fable of the Fox and the Stork from La Fontaine's fables.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Sheffield plate and tortoiseshell inlaid with silver |
| Brief description | Tortoiseshell, Sheffield plate and inlaid silver, England, 1775-1780. |
| Physical description | Patch box of Sheffield plate and tortoiseshell, inlaid with silver. Circular, the sides and rim of the detachable lid of Shefield plate; the base of engine turned tortoiseshell, the top of the lid of tortoiseshell inlaid with silver depicting the fable of the fox and the stork, a squirrel in a tree, a rabbit, a dragonfly and the sun. |
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| Credit line | Griffin Bequest |
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| Literary reference | La Fontaine |
| Summary | The tortoiseshell lid of this box inlaid with silver, illustrating the fable of the Fox and the Stork from La Fontaine's fables. |
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| Accession number | M.116:1, 2-1960 |
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| Record created | March 9, 2004 |
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