Rectangular tobacco box of silver with lid containing a mother-of-pearl plaque depicting Isaiah 45:22, 1750

Rectangular tobacco box of silver with lid containing a mother-of-pearl plaque depicting Isaiah 45:22 is held by Rijksmuseum (Netherlands), dated 1750. Description supplied by the holding institution: Rectangular silver tobacco box with chamfered corners. In the lid is a plaque of mother-of-pearl with a carved depiction of Isaiah 45:22, represented by an allegory of the four continents. Plaque signed: I.S. Barckhuijsen fecit. Box marked: Zutphen, year letter Z? = 1750, and maker's mark PS = Peter Schemkes. The collection record gives material recorded as De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland; measurements height 7.2 cm; length 15.0 cm; width 12.5 cm; format: silver (metal); mother of pearl. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.