Snuff box, 18th century (414:1553&A-1885)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
18th century
Oval snuff box, enamel on copper, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilded. On the lid is a group of a youth and a lady with a birdcage, sitting on the ground at the foot of a monument in a garden, and a second youth standing behind playing a mandolin.
The painting is surrounded by raised gilt scrolls on a greenish-brown ground dotted with white. On the sides, reserved on a ground of the same colour diapered with raised white dotted trelliswork, are four small landscapes enclosed by gilt scrolls with details as follows: (1) two men and sheep near an obelisk; (2) two men with sheep by a pond; (3) a man driving a cow towards a building; (4) two men beside a tower. 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: 3.8 cm; Width: 7.6 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Enamel on copper, painted in enamel colours, and gilded, with a gilt metal mount
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O256516
- Museum object number
- 414:1553&A-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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