Snuffbox
Record status
Individual type · partial
Snuffbox, round, of Battersea enamel, with on the domed lid a floral decoration in relief on a purple fabric-like ground. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-16247; its record gives measurements height 2.7 cm x diameter 4.6 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
- Materials
- Measurements
- height 2.7 cm x diameter 4.6 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 2.7 cm x diameter 4.6 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-16247
- Museum classification
- box · 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against decorative-arts references.