Suassa tobacco box
Also known as: Suassa tabaksdoos
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700 - 1800
Suassa tobacco box — Rijksmuseum object NG-1984-13. Dated by the museum: 1700 - 1800. Museum attribution: Tonkin. Material: gilding (material), suassa, metal. Museum description: Oval, double-fluted tobacco box with hinged lid; black and copper-coloured. On the rim of the lid and the base, cartouches with plant and flower motifs, black on copper colour. On the lid and on the base: large cartouche with Asian landscape: flowering trees with birds, small houses and a small figure in a boat with fluttering pennants.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- gilding (material) · suassa · metal
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.8 cm x width 12.1 cm x depth 6.4 cm x weight 238 g
Identification
- Original title
- Suassa tabaksdoos
- Museum object number
- NG-1984-13
- 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.
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