Snuffbox, rectangular, with convex sides
Also known as: Snuifdoos, rechthoekig, met een bolle wand
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1825
The rectangular, flat box has convex sides with rounded corners and a hinged lid with a slightly raised, curved thumbpiece. The base and the lid are decorated with a pattern of horizontal ribs; the sides with a pattern of diagonal, alternating narrow and broader ribs.
The upper and lower edges have been left undecorated, as have the corners, which are bordered on both sides by two curved ribs. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-11445; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 1.6 cm x length 7.6 cm x width 4.8 cm x weight 76 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Measurements
- height 1.6 cm x length 7.6 cm x width 4.8 cm x weight 76 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.6 cm x length 7.6 cm x width 4.8 cm x weight 76 g
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos, rechthoekig, met een bolle wand
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-11445
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
Catalogue references
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Research required
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