Snuff box, 18th century (414:1523-1885)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
18th century
Snuff box, enamel on copper, transfer-printed in purple and painted in polychrome enamels. On the lid is a figure-subject adapted from La Cascade by Antoine Watteau, with a couple walking and two others sitting with a mandoline player in a landscape.
Round the sides are prints painted over in colours: (1) two gentlemen and a lady angling, one standing , the others seated; (2) a gentleman and lady reclining against a tree stump; (3) a shepherd and sherpherdess; (4) a lady walking in a park with a gentleman who carries a long walking stick. On the bottom is a painting of a goldfinch and a chaffinch perched on a vine.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height: 4.4 cm; Length: 7.9 cm; Width: 6.4 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Enamel on copper, transfer-printed and painted in enamel colours, on a gilt metal mount
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O256517
- Museum object number
- 414:1523-1885
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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