Snuffbox, shell-shaped
Also known as: Snuifdoos, schelpvormig
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1749
Snuffbox of silver. The shell-shaped box, with a straight back, has a hinged lid. On this, inside a flat edge, a shell is embossed. Moulded edges run along the lower rim of the box and along the lid.
On the underside of the box the letters I.E.D. are engraved. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-7943; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements height 2.8 cm x width 8.1 cm x depth 6.4 cm x weight 86 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- height 2.8 cm x width 8.1 cm x depth 6.4 cm x weight 86 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 2.8 cm x width 8.1 cm x depth 6.4 cm x weight 86 g
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos, schelpvormig
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-7943
- Museum classification
- snuffbox · 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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