Accession No

1907.174


Description

Pewter snuff box with four side decorated with panels of a floral running dog pattern. On the hinged lid is a framed panel with an applied wax paper, now brittle and tinged green, as well as a protruding flat handle in the centre of the long side opposite the hinge; the surface of the bottom of the box is heavily worn but shows remains of a foliate frame around the edges. No decoration on the inside.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Stretham


Period

?Medieval


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1907.174; MAA: 1907.788


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Pewter


Local Term


Measurements

34mm x 20mm x 74mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten rectangular paper label on the inside of the lid, reading in black ink: 'A.1907.174 Snuff box. Stretham, C (Bt 1907) * The Camb. Ant. Soc.'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Snuff box
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Accession register reads: 'An ornate, oblong pewter snuff box, the lid inlaid with copper (2".9 x 1".3).'
Event Date 1907
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Snuff box, the edges are decorated with a wave pattern and the lid has a strip of green waxed paper inlaid in the lid. The object is labelled with the number: 1907.174.
Event Date 3/9/2001
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Description (Physical description)
Pewter snuff box with four side decorated with panels of a floral running dog pattern. On the hinged lid is a framed panel with an applied wax paper, now brittle and tinged green, as well as a protruding flat handle in the centre of the long side opposite the hinge; the surface of the bottom of the box is heavily worn but shows remains of a foliate frame around the edges. No decoration on the inside.
Event Date 13/12/2023
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:16059

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