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Box

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Tortoiseshell box, mounted in coloured gold

Object details

Categories
Containers
Metalwork
Jewellery
Object type
Box
Materials and techniques
Tortoiseshell mounted in coloured gold
Brief description
Horn, mounted in varicoloured gold. England, probably London, about 1820
Physical description
Tortoiseshell box, mounted in coloured gold
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.5cm
  • Width: 8.3cm
  • Depth: 6.3cm
Credit line
Given by Colonel F. R. Waldo-Sibthorp
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
1960-1898

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Record createdJune 14, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O113174/box-unknown/
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