Snuffbox, 1800 - 1900
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1800 - 1900
Gilt-copper snuffbox with white enamel and blue flowers. The box has a double lid and an accompanying small spoon. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12894; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), porcelain; technique gild; measurements length 4.4 cm x height 2 cm x width 3.6 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), porcelain
- Technique
- gild
- Measurements
- length 4.4 cm x height 2 cm x width 3.6 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 4.4 cm x height 2 cm x width 3.6 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12894
- Museum classification
- box · snuffbox
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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