Snuffbox of gold, rectangular, decorated with animals and tendrils in translucent enamel
Also known as: Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, versierd met dieren en ranken in translucide émail
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1752
Maker's mark, in the lid, on the base, in the front wall, struck: JG with star below a crowned fleur-de-lis between two dots (Nocq, vol. 2, p. 234). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17137; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 3.8 cm x width 8.1 cm x depth 6.1 cm x weight 221 g. 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Measurements
- height 3.8 cm x width 8.1 cm x depth 6.1 cm x weight 221 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.8 cm x width 8.1 cm x depth 6.1 cm x weight 221 g
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, versierd met dieren en ranken in translucide émail
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17137
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
Catalogue references
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Research required
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