Silver box with scenes from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

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This shows an end view of a silver box, made in 1899 by James Pears Hutton, a silversmith in Edinburgh.

The end panel, which has the maker's name inscribed in the bottom left hand corner, is decorated with a scene from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.

James Pears Hutton was active as a silversmith from at least 1862 when he had his shop at 63 New Buildings on North Bridge in Edinburgh. He was influenced by the pre-Raphaelite movement and produced several works notable for their depiction of figures.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-778-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEQ 1242
• Date: 1898 - 1899
  1899
  
• Material: Silver. Inscription: [Edinburgh mark]; R [gothic]; on plinth: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM [in hatched letters]; signatures on scenes: I.P. HUTTON [script] 1898; JAS HUTTON; JAS HUTTON / 1899
  Box / lid
  
• Dimensions: 115 mm H x 190 mm L x 140 mm W
  
• What: Box / lid
  
• Subject: Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: John Pears Hutton, Edinburgh (Silversmith)
  William Shakespeare
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
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• Description: Oblong silver box with a separate lid, decorated with low relief scenes from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", by John Pears Hutton, Edinburgh, 1898 - 1899
  
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