Snuffbox in the shape of a pug’s head
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1740 - c. 1750
Snuffbox in the shape of a dog's head (pug). The flat oval lid is connected to the box by a gilded copper mount. The outside of the lid is painted with two dogs (pugs) lying on a cushion. The inside is painted with a woman with a dog (pug) on her lap and a mask in her left hand. To her right sits a man, and behind her to the left stands a man. The box is unmarked. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17467; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), porcelain; technique painting technique, gild; measurements height 8.9 cm x length 7.7 cm x width 7.5 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
- copper (metal), porcelain
- Technique
- painting technique, gild
- Measurements
- height 8.9 cm x length 7.7 cm x width 7.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 8.9 cm x length 7.7 cm x width 7.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos in de vorm van de kop van een mopshond
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17467
- 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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