Tobacco Box, c. 1746
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1746
An oval iron tobacco box with bevelled corners. On the lid etchings, surrounded by fine ornaments. On the bottom a female bust, likewise between ornaments. Similar ones also on the sides. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-8949; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal); technique etching; measurements height 3 cm x width 7.5 cm x length 13 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
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- iron (metal)
- Technique
- etching
- Measurements
- height 3 cm x width 7.5 cm x length 13 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 3 cm x width 7.5 cm x length 13 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tabaksdoos
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-8949
- 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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