Rectangular silver tobacco box with mother-of-pearl plaque on the lid depicting Isaiah 45:22
Also known as: Silver Tobacco-Box with a Mother-of-Pearl Lid with Christ Appears Before the Personifications of the Parts of the World
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1730 - c. 1750
Mark, on the box, stamped: ‘ PS (master’s mark) the mark for the city of Zutphen 4/Z (year letter for 1750) ’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1961-6; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal), mother of pearl; measurements height 7.2 cm x length 15 cm x width 12.5 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal), mother of pearl
- Measurements
- height 7.2 cm x length 15 cm x width 12.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 7.2 cm x length 15 cm x width 12.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Rechthoekige tabaksdoos van zilver met deksel waarin een plaque van parelmoer met voorstelling Jesaja 45:22.
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1961-6
- Museum classification
- tobacco box
Catalogue references
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