Tobacco box, ca. 1720
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1720
Tobacco box, ca. 1720 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca. 1720. The museum's brief description reads: Oval box of lacquered and gilded sawasa alloy, for the Dutch Market, Japan, about 1720.; Met, Japan, smoking accessories.
The museum record gives measurements Height 25 mm; Length 95 mm; Depth 76 mm. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 25 mm; Length 95 mm; Depth 76 mm
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco box
- Museum object number
- M.5-1961
- Museum system number
- O487021
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
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.