Rectangular Silver Tobacco Box
Also known as: Rechthoekige tabaksdoos van zilver
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1795
Rectangular tobacco box with hinged lid; the lid is decorated with the portrait of Tsar Peter I, flanked by sailing ships; the bottom of the box is decorated with the coats of arms of West and Oost Zaandam, set in rococo forms.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2014-21-3; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements height 2 cm x width 13.5 cm x depth 7.5 cm x weight 246 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- height 2 cm x width 13.5 cm x depth 7.5 cm x weight 246 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 2 cm x width 13.5 cm x depth 7.5 cm x weight 246 g
Identification
- Original title
- Rechthoekige tabaksdoos van zilver
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-2014-21-3
- Museum classification
- tobacco box
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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