Snuffbox of gold, rectangular, with enamelled decorations of dancing nymphs with Cupids on the lid and on the walls
Also known as: Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, met op het deksel en op de wanden geëmailleerde versieringen van dansende nymfen met Amors
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1890 - c. 1910
Rectangular gold box. On the lid in an enamelled oval is a dancing nymph with Cupid in grisaille. The other sides are decorated in a corresponding manner. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17155; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 4 cm x width 7.6 cm x depth 5.9 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Measurements
- height 4 cm x width 7.6 cm x depth 5.9 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 4 cm x width 7.6 cm x depth 5.9 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, met op het deksel en op de wanden geëmailleerde versieringen van dansende nymfen met Amors
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17155
- Museum classification
- box · snuffbox
Catalogue references
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Research required
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