Snuffbox with the portrait of Louis Napoleon in uniform
Also known as: Snuifdoos met het portret van Lodewijk Napoleon in uniform
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1806 - 1810
In a red case, rectangular gold snuffbox with cut corners. On the lid is a bust (portrait) of Louis Napoleon in a red and black uniform with a decoration - the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.
The box is decorated with blue-enamelled leaf and flower motifs. The whole is contained in an accompanying red leather box lined with white satin. The king presumably presented this box to Daendels upon his appointment as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-2000-2-D; its record gives material recorded as leather, gold (metal), satin; measurements width 8.2 cm x depth 5.5 cm x height 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- leather, gold (metal), satin
- Measurements
- width 8.2 cm x depth 5.5 cm x height 2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- width 9.5 cm x depth 7 cm x height 3.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos met het portret van Lodewijk Napoleon in uniform
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-2000-2-D
- Museum classification
- case · snuffbox
Catalogue references
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