Snuffbox with embossed figures and stone figures
Also known as: Snuifdoos met gedreven figuren en figuren van steen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1800 - 1820
Snuffbox of gilded copper, fan-shaped, decorated with embossed figures and with two pear-shaped figures of goldstone, two of blue stone, and one of marbled stone.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-7300; its record gives material recorded as marble (rock), copper (metal), olivine; technique gild; measurements height 7 cm x width 2.5 cm x depth 2.5 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- marble (rock), copper (metal), olivine
- Technique
- gild
- Measurements
- height 7 cm x width 2.5 cm x depth 2.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 7 cm x width 2.5 cm x depth 2.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos met gedreven figuren en figuren van steen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-7300
- Museum classification
- snuffbox · box
Catalogue references
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Research required
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