Snuff box, 18th century (414:1547-1885)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
18th century
Oblong snuff box, enamel on copper, transfer-printed in purple and painted in polychrome enamels, and gilded. The sides are repousse, each with an oblong panel with bowed ends in relief, printed with landscapes painted over, and surrounded by raised gilt scrolls and stars, each on a ground of different colour.
The details of the landscapes are as follows: (1) on a pink (rose Pompadour) ground, the view of a river; (2) on a lavender-blue ground, a village with a church, and in the foreground a cart on a road; (3) on a pale yellow ground, three hares and a distant church; (4) on a pale mauve ground a village with a house behind a high wall on one side and an inn on the other side of the road. On the lid is a painting of a gentleman and a clergyman at a table in a garden playing cards with two ladies, with a pug dog barking at a cat in the foreground.
The initials D C in monogram have been painted in watercolour inside the lid. With a gilt metal mount.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height: 4.8 cm; Length: 7.9 cm; Width: 6 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Enamel on copper, transfer-printed and painted in enamel colours, and gilded, with a gilt metal mount
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O256462
- Museum object number
- 414:1547-1885
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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