Snuffbox, 1750

The rectangular box, with canted corners, has a hinged lid. It rests on a profiled base ring. The wall of the box describes a gentle S-curve. The lid has a profiled rim with an upright, scalloped tab at the front.

Set into the rim is a plaque with an embossed scene, probably of Venus and Pomona, with a female figure in the foreground with a lion and a little boy tugging at her dress. The scene is placed in an asymmetrical frame composed of C-scrolls, a capital, rocailles, and vine and flower scrolls. Beside the figure presumed to represent Pomona, a basket of flowers is placed within the frame. The background is matted. Against the underside of the plaque, a second, entirely smooth plaque has been applied.

The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1966-11; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 2.3 cm x width 6.1 cm x depth 4.4 cm x weight 68 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.