Tobacco box, 18th century (414:1603-1885)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
18th century
Oblong tobacco box, enamel on copper, transfer-printed in black. On the top is a print of two fowlers returning from the chase, with a boy going before them carrying two bird cages, and a dog.
Behind them follows a vintager with his basket; others are gathered round a wine press in the distance to the right, whilst two more are seen at the entrance to a garden to the left. On the front is printed a river scene. On the back is another landscape with a church and a village in the middle distance. At one end are huntsmen with hounds pursuing a stag, at the other a landscape with several figures and a low bridge over a stream.
With concave sides and a chased 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; Length: 12.7 cm; Width: 6.4 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Enamel on copper, transfer-printed, with a chased gilt metal mount
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O276871
- Museum object number
- 414:1603-1885
- 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.
Research required
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