Gold snuffbox, rectangular with canted corners, decorated with park views
Also known as: Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig met afgeschuinde hoeken, versierd met parkgezichten
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1780 - c. 1781
Maker's mark, twice on the lid, on the bottom, on the wall of the box, struck: PFD (?) with a heart beneath a crowned lily with two dots. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17158; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), gouache (paint), glass; measurements height 3 cm x width 7.9 cm x depth 4.4 cm x weight 136 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), gouache (paint), glass
- Measurements
- height 3 cm x width 7.9 cm x depth 4.4 cm x weight 136 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 3 cm x width 7.9 cm x depth 4.4 cm x weight 136 g
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig met afgeschuinde hoeken, versierd met parkgezichten
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17158
- 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
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