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Box

(ITALY)
Box
 (c. 1790)

Medium
silver, tortoiseshell

Measurements
(a-b) 2.2 × 13.8 cm diameter (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(Italy)

Inscription
(b) stamped in outer rim: LT

Accession Number
4178.a-b-D3

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Circular, with tortoiseshell base, monogram and inscription on cover dated 1790, maker's mark LT.

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