Snuffbox, c. 1752
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1752
Maker's mark, in the lid, on the bottom and in the right wall, struck: LAC with a tomb below a crowned fleur-de-lis between two dots (Nocq, vol. 1, p. 275). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17151; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 3.4 cm x width 7.3 cm x depth 5.2 cm x weight 170.28 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Measurements
- height 3.4 cm x width 7.3 cm x depth 5.2 cm x weight 170.28 g
- Dimensions museum
- width 7.3 cm x depth 5.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17151
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against decorative-arts references.