Snuffbox, polychrome painted with landscapes with ruins
Also known as: Snuffbox
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1760
Oval snuffbox of painted porcelain. The bottom, the wall of the box, and the top of the lid are painted with landscapes with ruins. The inside of the lid is painted with a female figure in an oval medallion. Box and lid are joined by a mount. The box is not marked. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-7317; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), gilding (material), porcelain; technique painting technique, gild; measurements height 5.5 cm x length 7.7 cm x width 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), gilding (material), porcelain
- Technique
- painting technique, gild
- Measurements
- height 5.5 cm x length 7.7 cm x width 6 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 5.5 cm x length 7.7 cm x width 6 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos, veelkleurig beschilderd met landschappen met ruïnes
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-7317
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
Catalogue references
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