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Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.","physicalDescription":"A shaped oval, gold-mounted hardstone snuffbox, the body of pale chalcedony, the thumbpiece onyx, the cover applied with various hardstones (including mottled chalcedony, bloodstone and jaspers) forming The Falls of Tivoli in Rome","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Morel, Gabriel-Raoul","id":"A22456"},"association":{"text":"box maker","id":"x40982"},"note":"box"},{"name":{"text":"Morelli, Giovanni","id":"A22457"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"panel, probably"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"chalcedony","id":"AAT11134"},{"text":"agate","id":"AAT11135"},{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"},{"text":"hardstone","id":"x37572"}],"techniques":[{"text":"stone-cutting","id":"AAT54080"},{"text":"chasing","id":"AAT54016"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Chalcedony, agate, hardstones, gold","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2008BW4472","2008BW4449","2008BW4448","2008BW4447","2008BW4446"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES402528"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"snuffbox","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"marked","id":"x32454"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"Rome","id":"x29106"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1819-1832","earliest":"1819-01-01","latest":"1832-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"date":{"text":"ca.1810","earliest":"1805-01-01","latest":"1814-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"50","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"5/9/22","earliest":"2022-09-05","latest":"2022-09-05"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"100","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"5/9/22","earliest":"2022-09-05","latest":"2022-09-05"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"77","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"5/9/22","earliest":"2022-09-05","latest":"2022-09-05"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"250","unit":"g","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"16/9/22","earliest":"2022-09-16","latest":"2022-09-16"},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Gabriel Raoul Morel was a prolific Parisian goldsmith, noted for the range of materials he worked with and his rather large, unusual format of snuffboxes – including one with Florentine commessi. A number of boxes by Morel with Napoleonic connections have survived, suggesting that he may have been a supplier to the court.\r\n\r\nThe particularly chunky and inaesthetic form of the body could be explained as a need to match the irregular shape of the lid, probably contemporary. This would have undoubtedly been a special commission, especially with the much celebrated view of Tivoli favoured in bespoke touristic souvenirs like micromosaics. The identity of ‘Morelli F. in Roma via della Scrofa N.8’ remains a mystery, as it could be Giovanni Morelli (A Piedmontese stone carver working with Giacomo Raffaelli, see Massinelli, 2000, cat. 65, p. 156), Giuseppe Morelli (He is recorded working on stone, in Rome: ‘lavori in ogni genere di pietra’ Al Foro Trajano, no. 4 e 5.’ P. 132, Elenco di tutti I pittori scultori architetti miniatori incisori in gemme e in rame scultori in metallo e mosaicisti… da Enrico de Keller, Roma, 1830.), or even Niccolo Morelli (1775-1831), all stone carvers in the early 19th century.\r\nProvenance: S. J. Phillips, London.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Pale brown chalcedony, applied with mottled chalcedony, bloodstone and jaspers set in a gold snuffbox with onyx thumbpiece, Gabriel-Raoul Morel (active 1797–1832), Paris, 1819–32, marked, hardstone panel possibly by Giovanni Morelli, Rome, about 1810.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Gonzalez- Palacios, Alvar. <u>The Art of Mosaics: Selections from the Gilbert Collection</u>, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977. 143 p., ill. Cat. no.50. ISBN 0875870805."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Gonzalez-Palacios, Alvar and Steffi Röttgen with essays by Steffi Röttgen, Claudia Przyborowski; essays and new catalogue material translated by Alla Theodora Hall. <u>The Art of Mosaics: Selections from the Gilbert Collection</u>. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1982. 224 p., ill. Cat. no. 54. 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