Artist: Bayle, Georges de, miniaturist; Date(s): circa 1808 - before 1851; Classification(s): miniature (painting), box, The tortoiseshell was carved, heated and pressed to form the parts of a box. Thin metal sheets were engraved and cut. The decorated metal was glued between the walls of the box, which were glued together to form the box, lid and thumbpiece. The miniature was painted on card and set under glass with a gilt metal mount.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Broughton, Major the Hon. H.R., 1973-04-06, Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton Bequest [M.132-1973]
Description: tortoiseshell with miniature of a spray of flowers on a marble slab.
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