Tobacco box with peasant scenes
Also known as: Tabaksdoos met boerentaferelen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1645 - 1665
Tobacco box made of silver. Oval and flattened spherical form. Decorated with engraved scrollwork. On the lid and on the underside, depictions of peasants. Maker's mark: IW in a rectangle. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-1513; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique niello (technique); measurements height 3 cm x length 10 cm x width 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- niello (technique)
- Measurements
- height 3 cm x length 10 cm x width 8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 3 cm x length 10 cm x width 8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tabaksdoos met boerentaferelen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-1513
- 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.
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