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Amulet box — Amulet Box (ga'u), Tibet, 1800-1850

1800-1850

Amulet box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 02805(IS)), made in Tibet, dated 1800-1850. The museum's brief description reads: A round silver amulet box set with a central coral with radiating geometrical decoration on its front.. Museum description: An amulet box or ga'u used to contain rolle…

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Amulet box, Lhasa, ca. early 20th century

ca. early 20th century

Amulet box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IM.133&A-1927), made in Lhasa, dated ca. early 20th century. The museum's brief description reads: A silver amulet box of shrine shape with central window surrrounded by the Eight Auspicious Emblems, displaying within a clay relief of the 21 Taras..…

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Armand Călinescu's cigarette case

Armand Călinescu's cigarette case is held by Argeș County Museum. Museum description: Silver cigarette case that belonged to Armand Călinescu. Decorated with horizontal lines and with Armand Călinescu's monogram in the upper right corner.; inscription [Romanian]: monograma lui Armand Călinescu în colțul din dreapta…

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Betel box, Malaysia, 19th century

19th century

Betel box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IS.50-1958), made in Malaysia, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Betel box (cembul), silver, chased and repoussé, Malay Peninsula, 19th century. Museum description: Round betel box (cembul), of silver, comprising a footed bowl…

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Box

Box is held by Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading. Museum description: This early 19th Century English brass box is rectangular with a detachable, hinged lid. The lid is engraved with the title "Modern Prophecy" above an image of an imagined flying machine, apparently worked by steam, which is flyin…

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Box — Box and cover, Britain, ca. 1797 - ca. 1815

ca. 1797 - ca. 1815

Box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 809-1893), made in Britain, dated ca. 1797 - ca. 1815. The museum's brief description reads: Box, bone, wood, made by French prisoners of war, French (produced in Britain), ca. 1797-1815. Museum description: Box and cover. Wood, the sides and sloping cover…

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Box — Box with scene of a monk and lady at a table, Netherlands, ca. 1750

ca. 1750

Box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 860-1882), made in Netherlands, dated ca. 1750. The museum's brief description reads: Box, oblong ivory with chased gold mounts, a monk and a lady at a table, probably Netherlandish, ca. 1750 or a later pastiche. Museum description: Box. Ivory, oblong with…

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Box — Fragment of a Circular Ivory box, Alexandria, 5th century to 6th century

5th century to 6th century

Box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number A.14-1942), made in Alexandria, dated 5th century to 6th century. The museum's brief description reads: Pyxis (box), a fragment, carved ivory, probably Alexandria, coptic, 5th or early 6th century. Museum description: Fragment of a circular ivory box, carv…

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Box — Rectangular box, Dieppe, ca. 1800 - ca. 1850

ca. 1800 - ca. 1850

Box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number A.5-1920), made in Dieppe, dated ca. 1800 - ca. 1850. The museum's brief description reads: Box, ivory and brass mount, with foliage and fruit on lid, French (Dieppe), ca. 1800-50. Museum description: Ivory box in the form of a basket, the top carved in hi…

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Box — SPROUTING BOX, Japan, ca. 1978

ca. 1978

Box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number FE.8-1991), made in Japan, dated ca. 1978, attributed to Suzuki, Masaya. The museum's brief description reads: Japan, modern crafts, studio, lacquer; 'Sprouting Box', wooden base and acrylic lid with black and red lacquer combined with orange, grey, blue a…

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Box — The Dudley Box, England, 1579

1579

Box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number M.665-1910), made in England, dated 1579. The museum's brief description reads: The Dudley Box. Museum description: Object TypeThis small box was designed to contain sweetmeats which in the 16th century were given as presents at New Year. This may explain…

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Box — Turned box and cover, Germany, second half of the seventeenth century

second half of the seventeenth century

Box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number A.17-1942), made in Germany, dated second half of the seventeenth century. The museum's brief description reads: Box, circular, turned ivory, German, ca. 1650-1700. Museum description: Circular box, turned ivory. The lid of the box is elaborately turned to…

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Box and cover — Box., Russia (Archangel), c. 1800-1825

c. 1800-1825

Box and cover in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 686:129-1894), made in Russia (Archangel), dated c. 1800-1825. The museum's brief description reads: Box, cover, ebony and ivory, pierced, carved, coloured ivory markers.. Museum description: Box and cover of ebony; the top and sides are overlaid…

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Box, Russia, ca. 1830

ca. 1830

Box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 450-1895), made in Russia, dated ca. 1830. The museum's brief description reads: Box and games counters, ebony and walrus ivory, Russia (Archangel), ca. 1830. Museum description: The hinged rectangular box is lined in paper and red velvet. The sides of the…

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Box, snuff

Box, snuff is held by Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading. Museum description: This is a rectangular, polished wooden snuff box with a hinged lid. It was used as a snuff box in the nineteenth century, and more recently to store sewing pins. It came from Somerset. The museum record gives place associa…

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Calistrat Hogaș's Cigarette Case

Calistrat Hogaș's Cigarette Case is held by Neamț National Museum Complex. Museum description: Handcrafted, engraved with phytomorphic ornaments; remarks: Donation to the Piatra Neamț County History Museum. The museum record gives measurements L: 8 cm; W: 5.5 cm; H: 2 cm; Wt: 83 g. These details come from the holdin…

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Cigarette box, London, 1938-1939

1938-1939

Cigarette box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number CIRC.228&A-1938), made in London, dated 1938-1939, attributed to H. G. Murphy. The museum's brief description reads: Cigarette box, silver and ivory, mark of H.G. Murphy, London hallmarks for 1938-9. Museum description: Cigarette box and cover, s…

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Cigarette box, London, ca. 1930

ca. 1930

Cigarette box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number M.34&A-1972), made in London, dated ca. 1930, attributed to John Paul Cooper. The museum's brief description reads: Cigarette box, wood,shagreen and silver, no hallmarks, London, about 1930 mark of maker John Paul Cooper. Museum description: Ciga…

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Cigarette case with the monogram CH - Calistrat Hogaș

Cigarette case with the monogram CH - Calistrat Hogaș is held by Neamț National Museum Complex - History and Archeology Museum. Museum description: White metal cigarette case, rectangular shape, with floral motifs. In the center the letters C.H. are engraved on the lid. Belonged to the writer Calistrat Hogaș.; inscr…

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Cigarette case, Mark: H&A etc

Cigarette case, Mark: H&A etc is held by Brukenthal National Museum. Museum description: Parallelepiped shape with rounded edges; the lid is decorated with a beaded band; the piece is gilded on the interior. The museum record gives measurements mass: 74.74 g; metal fineness: 800 ‰; height: 2.6 cm; mouth diameter: 8.…

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Circular box, ca. 1780

ca. 1780

Box in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2019.283.102), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Circular box”. The museum dates it ca. 1780. The museum records the medium as Two-tone gold, rock crystal and the dimensions as confirmed: 1 1/8 × 2…

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Cover for a Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Young Woman, France, 19th century, 1805

1805

Cover for a Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Young Woman, France, 19th century, 1805 is an object recorded by Cleveland Museum of Art, dated 1805. The museum record gives material recorded as watercolor on ivory mounted on a box; measurements Box: 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Unframed: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7…

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Cylindrical snuffbox in bone (?)

Cylindrical snuffbox in bone (?) is held by National Museum of Archaeology, History and Art (Luxembourg). Description supplied by the holding institution: Decorated with geometric designs; the lid is missing. - Descriptive inventory of the Spring ethnographic collection by Nicolas Van Werveke. Note: this is a faithf…

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Double lidded snuffbox, 1750s

1750s

Double lidded snuffbox in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2023.441.45), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department. The museum dates it 1750s. The museum records the medium as Enamel on copper and the dimensions as confirmed: 2 1/2 × 4 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (6.4 × 11.1…

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Double snuffbox, 1749–50

1749–50

Snuffbox in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1976.155.21), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Double snuffbox”. The museum dates it 1749–50. It is attributed to Jean Ducrollay (French, born 1709, master 1734, recorded 1760). The museum rec…

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Double snuffbox, 1771–72

1771–72

Snuffbox in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 17.190.1182), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Double snuffbox”. The museum dates it 1771–72. It is attributed to Melchior-René Barré (master 1768, recorded 1791). The museum records the mediu…

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Double snuffbox, Nicolas Bouillerot, ca. 1738–44

ca. 1738–44

Double snuffbox made by Nicolas Bouillerot (French, active Paris, 1720–1754), dated ca. 1738–44, from French. The museum records its materials as: Brown agate; gold. Recorded dimensions: confirmed: 1 11/16 × 3 9/16 × 2 1/2 in. (4.2 × 9 × 6.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 2019.283.101; deta…

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Gilded silver cigarette case

Gilded silver cigarette case is held by Satu Mare County Museum. Museum description: The silver cigarette case belonged to Dariu Pop. It has a rectangular shape, bulged at the ends. The lid is decorated with plant motifs in the central area, with punched decoration more visible in the central area, slightly profiled…

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Gold snuffbox with a miniature portrait of a lady

1761 - 1762

Oval gold box with flowering branches and draperies in enamel. In the centre of the lid, an oval painted miniature portrait under glass of a lady, bust to the left, facing forward, wearing a hat with bows. Maker's mark: IIG. Miniature portrait French School, second half of the 18th century. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterda…

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Gold snuffbox, oval with straight sides. On front and back an engraved pumpkin branch with fruit and four leaves

1784 - 1786

Oval snuffbox of gold, with straight sides. The top of the lid and the underside of the bottom are engraved. An engraved pumpkin branch with a fruit and 4 leaves is on the front and back of the box. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1988-4; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measur…

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Gold snuffbox, rectangular and decorated on all sides with landscape paintings behind glass

1753

Signature and date, lower right on the miniature on the bottom, painted: ‘v Blarenberghe [1]753’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17150; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), gouache (paint), glass; measurements height 4.2 cm x width 7.7 cm x depth 5.7 cm x weight 207 g. Description…

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Gold snuffbox, rectangular with canted corners, decorated with park views

c. 1780 - c. 1781

Maker's mark, twice on the lid, on the bottom, on the wall of the box, struck: PFD (?) with a heart beneath a crowned lily with two dots. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17158; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), gouache (paint), glass; measurements height 3 cm x width 7.9 cm x de…

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L'Apres Diner, Nicolas de Larmessin III, ca. 1765–1770

ca. 1765–1770

L'Apres Diner Engraver: based on print by Nicolas de Larmessin III (French, Paris 1685–1755 Paris) made by after Nicolas Lancret (French, Paris 1690–1743 Paris), dated ca. 1765–1770, from British, South Staffordshire. The museum records its materials as: Enameled copper. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 1 3/4 × 3 3/8 ×…

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La Tabatière du Grand-Papa. [Grandpa's Snuffbox], AUBRY, 1876

1876

La Tabatière du Grand-Papa. [Grandpa's Snuffbox] is held by Catalogo Collettivo digitale IMAGO (Italy), dated 1876, attributed to AUBRY. Description supplied by the holding institution: La *Tabatière du Grand-Papa. / Aubry, Paris. - Paris : Aubry, [1876-1885]. - 1 trade card : chromolithograph ; 105x67 mm. - For dat…

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Les Amours Pastorales, ca. 1755–60

ca. 1755–60

Snuffbox in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2023.441.76), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Les Amours Pastorales”. The museum dates it ca. 1755–60. It is attributed to Robert Hancock (British, Burslem 1730–1817 Bristol). The museum reco…

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Lid of a Snuffbox, Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba

c. 1600 - c. 1800

Single-sided. Obverse: crowned man with sceptre in hand seated on a throne; on his right a seated man and a standing man, on the left a soldier holding a spear; before him stands a woman, accompanied by two other women. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4376; its record gives m…

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Lid or bottom of a mother-of-pearl snuffbox from the wreck of the East Indiaman 't Vliegend Hart

1700 - 1735-03-02

Mother-of-pearl lid or bottom of a snuffbox. In VOC display with V83-153. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1984-29-4; its record gives material recorded as mother of pearl; measurements height 6.2 cm x width 10.3 cm x depth 0.2 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; det…

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Lid or bottom of a snuffbox from the wreck of the East Indiaman 't Vliegend Hart

1700 - 1735-03-02

Mother-of-pearl lid or bottom of a snuffbox. In VOC display with similar piece with find number V83-185. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1984-29-1; its record gives material recorded as mother of pearl; measurements height 6 cm x width 10 cm x depth 0.2 cm. Description translated from the museum'…

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Lime box — Lime Box (Chunam-Box), Nyaung Shwe, 1923

1923

Lime box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IM.327:1, 2-1924), made in Nyaung Shwe, dated 1923, attributed to Padeing Aung. The museum's brief description reads: Silver niello box, Shan State, Burma, 1923. Museum description: Lime-box of silver inlaid with black composition; part of a Betel-che…

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Mucius Scaevola, ca. 1755–60

ca. 1755–60

Snuffbox in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2023.441.78), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Mucius Scaevola”. The museum dates it ca. 1755–60. It is attributed to Joseph Goupy (French, 1689–1769 London). The museum records the medium as…

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Offering box — Box for Religious Offerings, Bhutan, 19th century or earlier

19th century or earlier

Offering box in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IM.257-1927), made in Bhutan, dated 19th century or earlier. The museum's brief description reads: Offering box, silver and silver-gilt, chased, repoussé and openwork, inset with turquoise, Bhutan, 19th century or earlier. Museum description: Offe…

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Oval snuffbox in three-colour gold with engraved decoration in Louis XVI style

1750 - 1800

Oval snuffbox with double lid in three colours of gold with engraved decoration in Louis XVI style. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-VBR-376; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 2.25 cm x width 3 cm x length 4.5 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch…

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Oval snuffbox of gold with chased Louis XVI ornament

1771 - 1772

Oval snuffbox of gold. Along the edge of the lid and on four panels of the wall, chased Louis XVI ornament. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-VBR-369; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 2.3 cm x length 4.7 cm x width 2.9 cm. Description translated from the museu…

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Oval snuffbox of gold, with enamelled miniature on the lid and chased Louis XVI ornaments

c. 1770

Oval snuffbox in three-colour gold, entirely decorated with chased borders and ornaments in the style of Louis XVI. On the lid, an enamelled miniature depicting two women sacrificing at the altar of love. Openworked on the inside. Marked. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-VBR-368; its record gives…

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Patch Box "American Independence Forever", ca. 1790

ca. 1790

Patch Box in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2023.441.47), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Patch Box "American Independence Forever"”. The museum dates it ca. 1790. The museum records the medium as Enamel on copper; mirror glass and th…

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Patch box depicting Master Betty, ca. 1804

ca. 1804

Patch box in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 66.43.4), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Patch box depicting Master Betty”. The museum dates it ca. 1804. It is attributed to Peltro William Tomkins (British, London 1759–1840 London). The…

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Patch Box with Cupid, “Let groveling minds / For gold contend / For virtuous love / I am a Friend.”, ca. 1770

ca. 1770

Patch Box in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2023.441.61), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Patch Box with Cupid, “Let groveling minds / For gold contend / For virtuous love / I am a Friend.””. The museum dates it ca. 1770. The museum r…

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Patch box, 1759–60

1759–60

Patch box in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 48.187.464), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department. The museum dates it 1759–60. It is attributed to Jean Formey (active Paris, master 1754, active 1791). The museum records the medium as Gold and the dimensions a…