Box for snuff or tobacco in the shape of a shoe
Also known as: Doos voor snuif- of tabak in de vorm van een schoen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Box for snuff or tobacco in the shape of a shoe is held by Rijksmuseum (Netherlands). Description supplied by the holding institution: Shoe of dark brown leather in box form.
Guild test piece. Snuff or tobacco box (?). Sharp pointed toe, slightly upturned, very flat heel. On the lid engraved A and G, between which is a round grisaille drawing behind glass: woman playing a mandolin seated in a bergère in a landscape. Sequins all around. The collection record gives material recorded as On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap; measurements length 16.0 cm; width 5.0 cm; height 5.5 cm; format: leather; glass.
Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- Dimensions
- length 16.0 cm; width 5.0 cm; height 5.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Format recorded
- leather; glass
Identification
- Europeana id
- /90402/BK_KOG_1262
- Museum object name
- Doos voor snuif- of tabak in de vorm van een schoen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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