Record Details
Snuff Box Depicting Sir John Herschel, German, c.1835
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| Inventory number: | 25152 | ||||||||||||
| Object type: | snuff box | ||||||||||||
| Creator name: | John Herschel | ||||||||||||
| Creation date: | c. 1835 | ||||||||||||
| Creation place: | Germany, Europe >> View map | ||||||||||||
| Accession number: | 1952-88 | ||||||||||||
| Brief description: | Papier mâché circular snuff-box bearing a cartoon of Sir John Herschel investigating the moon, in gold and black. The order of the German and French captions and the use of nouveaux for nouvelles indicate that this was probably German in origin. | ||||||||||||
| Primary inscriptions: | Caption to image: "Dr John Herschels neueste Entdeckungen / in der Mondwelt / [rule] / Les plus nouveaux découvertes au monde de la lune / par Dr Jean Herschel" | ||||||||||||
| Provenance: | Lent by the Royal Astronomical Society. Given to the RAS by Sir Eric Miller, 1952. | ||||||||||||
| Material: | Papier mâché | ||||||||||||
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Narratives:
- Inv. 25152 - Featured object July 2007
- Inv. 25152
- Satirical snuff box
- Inventory no. 25152 - Herschel
- Inventory No. 25152 - Former Display Label
