Snuffbox, painted with figures in a landscape with church
Also known as: Snuffbox
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1778 - c. 1782
Porcelain snuffbox. Rounded at the side, with gilt-copper mounts. Front, back, and top surfaces and the inside of the lid are painted in polychrome with figures in a river landscape, each with a church in the background. On the remaining surfaces a strip of ground with shrubbery. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1983-6; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), porcelain; measurements height 3.8 cm x width 5.4 cm x depth 9.8 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
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), porcelain
- Measurements
- height 3.8 cm x width 5.4 cm x depth 9.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.8 cm x width 5.4 cm x depth 9.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos, beschilderde met figuren in een landschap met kerk
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1983-6
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
Catalogue references
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