Snuffbox of gold, rectangular, decorated with garlands of flowers and fruit in enamel within a border of bright green compartments in a rocaille frame
Also known as: Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, versierd met bloemen- en vruchtenslingers in émail binnen een rand van felgroene vakken in rocaille-omlijsting
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - c. 1900
The snuffbox is a 19th-century copy after a box by Jean Ducrollay, provided with false 18th-century Paris marks. The original is in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg.
R.J. Baarsen in: Murdoch & Zech, 2014. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17138; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 4.5 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 6.2 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
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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Measurements
- height 4.5 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 6.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 4.5 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 6.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, versierd met bloemen- en vruchtenslingers in émail binnen een rand van felgroene vakken in rocaille-omlijsting
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17138
- Museum classification
- snuffbox · box
Catalogue references
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Research required
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