Pewter snuffbox decorated with a landscape in a cartouche
Also known as: Snuifdoos van tin versierd met een landschap in cartouche
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600 - c. 1699
Circular pewter snuffbox. The upper side is decorated with scrolls and a cartouche enclosing a landscape depicted with a tree, a rooster, and a hen. In the top there is also an opening, under which a brass disc is visible.
This disc can rotate using the knob on top and contains two circular openings for the finger and thumb. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-10529; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), tin (metal); technique turning, casting, engraving; measurements height 1.6 cm x diameter 7.9 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), tin (metal)
- Technique
- turning, casting, engraving
- Measurements
- height 1.6 cm x diameter 7.9 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.6 cm x diameter 7.9 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos van tin versierd met een landschap in cartouche
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-10529
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
Catalogue references
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Research required
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