Snuffbox of gold, rectangular, covered with mother-of-pearl, enamel, and diamond and decorated with birds and volutes
Also known as: Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, bedekt met parelmoer, émail en diamant en versierd met vogels en voluten
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1700 - c. 1800
Rectangular gold snuffbox, with mother-of-pearl, enamel, and diamonds. All sides covered with mother-of-pearl plaques with a white enamelled oval depicting birds in the center.
Decorated with diamond-set volutes. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17148; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), mother of pearl, diamond (mineral); measurements height 5.5 cm x width 8.4 cm x depth 6.5 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
- gold (metal), mother of pearl, diamond (mineral)
- Measurements
- height 5.5 cm x width 8.4 cm x depth 6.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 5.5 cm x width 8.4 cm x depth 6.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, bedekt met parelmoer, émail en diamant en versierd met vogels en voluten
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17148
- Museum classification
- snuffbox · 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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