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| Maker(s): | Tye & Kilner; Tye, George; Kilner, James | | Culture: | British; English
| | Title: | Snuffbox in the form of a fox head with case
| | Date Made: | 1826
| | Type: | Container
| | Materials: | Silver and leather
| | Place Made: | Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; England; Birmingham
| | Measurements: | Overall: 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 3/4 in; 5.4 x 7.9 x 9.5 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH 1986.33.141
| | Credit Line: | Bequest of Josephine Purtscher Fellows (Class of 1924)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Gilt-lined silver fox head very realistically depicted; red leather oval cover, with applied floral decoration around rim, lifts on five-lug hinge; engraved initials on cover are surrounded by six engraved thistles.
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