Snuffbox of gold with painted decoration in enamel: on the lid Minerva and a young prince; between fields with autumn leaves on a reddish-brown ground
Also known as: Snuifdoos van goud met geschilderde decoratie op émail: op het deksel Minerva en een jonge prins; tussen de velden met herfstblad op roodbruine fond
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1820
Snuffbox of gold with enamel, with a straight hinge side and front with chamfered corners. On the lid, a depiction of Minerva and a young prince, between fields with autumn leaves on a reddish-brown ground. Marks: 2 wheels with 5 spokes intertwined and GW in a rectangle. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1965-27; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements length 10.2 cm x width 6 cm x height 1.4 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
- length 10.2 cm x width 6 cm x height 1.4 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 10.2 cm x width 6 cm x height 1.4 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos van goud met geschilderde decoratie op émail: op het deksel Minerva en een jonge prins; tussen de velden met herfstblad op roodbruine fond
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1965-27
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
Catalogue references
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