Snuffbox with a leaping deer on the lid
Also known as: Snuifdoos met op het deksel een springend hert
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1750 - 1775
Snuffbox of silver. Rectangular with walls woven like a basket. On the lid a leaping deer between rocailles, volutes, and flowers. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-VBR-83; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements height 2.5 cm x length 6.2 cm x width 4.3 cm x weight 52 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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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- height 2.5 cm x length 6.2 cm x width 4.3 cm x weight 52 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 2.5 cm x length 6.2 cm x width 4.3 cm x weight 52 g
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos met op het deksel een springend hert
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-VBR-83
- 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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