Tobacco box, c. 1800 - 1810
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - 1810
Flat tobacco box of silver, oblong with rounded corners. Engraved on the lid is a hilly landscape, with a man, woman, and young boy with a dog in the foreground.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-1514; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engraving; measurements height 1.8 cm x length 12.5 cm x width 8.8 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- engraving
- Measurements
- height 1.8 cm x length 12.5 cm x width 8.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.8 cm x length 12.5 cm x width 8.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tabaksdoos
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-1514
- 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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