Snuffbox with a breast ornament with a portrait of Queen Mary
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1752
Gold snuffbox. On the lid, in a medallion, an enamelled portrait of Queen Mary I, surrounded by silver foliate scrolls and diamonds. The miniature portrait and the frame were made between c.
1680-1690. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-9882; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), silver (metal), diamond (mineral); measurements height 3.2 cm x length 7 cm x width 6.2 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal), silver (metal), diamond (mineral)
- Measurements
- height 3.2 cm x length 7 cm x width 6.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.2 cm x width 2.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos met borstjuweel met portret van koningin Mary
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-9882
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
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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