Snuffbox, polychrome painted with harbour views and on the inside of the lid a faun spying on a woman
Also known as: Snuifdoos, veelkleurig beschilderd met havengezichten en op de binnenzijde van het deksel een faun die een vrouw bespiedt
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1850 - in or before 1878
Rectangular snuffbox of painted porcelain. The box is painted on the exterior with harbour views within quatrefoils. On the inside of the lid is a faun spying on a sleeping woman.
The lid is joined to the box by a gilded silver mount. The box is not marked. The snuffbox is made after a Meissen model of circa 1735. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-VBR-386; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal), porcelain; technique painting technique, gild; measurements height 4 cm x width 8.4 cm x depth 6.7 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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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal), porcelain
- Technique
- painting technique, gild
- Measurements
- height 4 cm x width 8.4 cm x depth 6.7 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 4 cm x width 8.4 cm x depth 6.7 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos, veelkleurig beschilderd met havengezichten en op de binnenzijde van het deksel een faun die een vrouw bespiedt
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-VBR-386
- Museum classification
- forgery · snuffbox
Catalogue references
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Research required
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