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They may have been designed by Leopoldo Cioci, chief designer of the Grand Ducal workshops from 1792. \r\n\r\nSir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes.  Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.","physicalDescription":"A rectangular, snuffbox with canted corners, with six panels of commesso di pietre dure (hardstone mosaic) depicting shells and coral, those on the cover and base bordered by agate and turquoise pellets, with similar pellets at the corners, cage-mounted in gold chased and engraved with stylised foliage.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Opificio delle Pietre Dure","id":"A22274"},"association":{"text":"mosaicist","id":"AAT25276"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"},{"text":"lapis lazuli","id":"AAT11122"},{"text":"chalcedony","id":"AAT11134"},{"text":"turquoise","id":"AAT11164"},{"text":"hardstone","id":"x37572"}],"techniques":[{"text":"chasing","id":"AAT54016"},{"text":"engraving (incising)","id":"AAT53829"},{"text":"pietre dure","id":"AAT53615"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Chased and engraved gold, hardstone and soft stone mosaic","categories":[{"text":"Personal accessories","id":"THES48912"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Mosaic","id":"THES253095"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2008BW4142","2008BW4339","2008BW4330","2008BW4341","2008BW4340","2008BW4331","2008BW4332"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"71","id":"THES49723"},"free":"","case":"CA013","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"snuffbox","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Florence (city)","id":"x28848"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1800","earliest":"1795-01-01","latest":"1804-12-31"},"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":"Width","value":"69","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"50","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"27","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"110","unit":"g","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"16/9/22","earliest":"2022-09-16","latest":"2022-09-16"},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured 25/04/24 IW ","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Provenance\r\nAcquired by Arthur Gilbert from S.J. 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