Tobacco box with the figure of Vigilance
Also known as: Tabaksdoos met het beeld der Waakzaamheid
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1769
Silver tobacco box, embossed with the figure of Vigilance. Beside it rockwork with water and a small nude figure. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-7899; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements height 4.2 cm x length 14 cm x width 5.7 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- height 4.2 cm x length 14 cm x width 5.7 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 4.2 cm x length 14 cm x width 5.7 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tabaksdoos met het beeld der Waakzaamheid
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-7899
- Museum classification
- tobacco box
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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