Snuffbox with blue translucent enamel
Also known as: Snuifdoos met blauwe, translucide email
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1790 - c. 1800
Oval gold snuffbox with panels of blue translucent enamel, bordered by continuous gold garlands with red flowers on a purplish-brown ground. The enamelled panels on the wall are separated from each other by vase motifs.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-16242; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 1.8 cm x width 7.2 cm x depth 5.2 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Measurements
- height 1.8 cm x width 7.2 cm x depth 5.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.8 cm x width 7.2 cm x depth 5.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos met blauwe, translucide email
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-16242
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
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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