Tobacco box, 18th century (414:1607-1885)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
18th century
Oblong tobacco box, enamel on copper, transfer-printed in red and black and painted in polychrome enamels. The top, sides and bottom are decorated with panels reserved on a turquoise-blue ground, diapered with raised white dotted trelliswork and enclosed by raised white rococo scrolls.
In that on the lid is a print in red, painted over, of two huntsmen with hounds in pursuit of a stag, in a wide landscape with a lake and a church; three on the sides and bottom contain bouquets painted in colours. Inside on the bottom is a print in black of the subject of two ladies and a gentleman walking in a garden; the print is filled out with painting in black. With a gilt metal mount and concave sides.
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: 11.7 cm; Width: 5.4 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Enamel on copper, transfer-printed and painted in enamel colours, with a gilt metal mount
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O277263
- Museum object number
- 414:1607-1885
- 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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