Box
ca. 1590 (made)
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Circular box and lid of turned ivory with concentric circles carved into the surface.
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| Materials and techniques | Turned ivory |
| Brief description | A box and lid of turned ivory containing a portrait by Nicholas Hilliard, probably English, ca.1590. [The miniature in this box was attributed to Isaac Oliver by Roy Strong in the exhibition catalogue 'Artists of the Tudor Court', 1983, no.143] |
| Physical description | Circular box and lid of turned ivory with concentric circles carved into the surface. |
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| Credit line | Presented by Miss M. Blencowe |
| Bibliographic reference | Strong, Roy. Artists of the Tudor Court: the Portrait Miniature Rediscovered 1520-1620.. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 887:2-1894 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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