Tobacco box, 1700 - 1900
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700 - 1900
Tobacco box with lid fitted with netsuke and ojime. Decoration of grapevines with leaves in gold and silver; the bunches of grapes consist of mother-of-pearl inlay.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as AK-MAK-516; its record gives material recorded as wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), mother of pearl; measurements height 3.8 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), mother of pearl
- Measurements
- height 3.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- width 12 cm x depth 5 cm x width 3 cm x depth 1.9 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tabaksdoos
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- AK-MAK-516
- Museum classification
- tobacco box
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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