Snuffbox in the shape of a wine cask
Also known as: Snuffbox in the shape of a wine caste
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1768 - c. 1769
Gold box in the shape of a barrel. Ten round and oval fields enamelled in grisaille with cupids. In between, green vine scrolls. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17154; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 3.9 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)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.9 cm
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.9 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos in de vorm van een wijnvat
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17154
- 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.