Inside the lid of this box is a miniature of a hunting scene. It is taken from an engraving after J.E. Ridinger's Die Par-Force Jagd (hunting in which the quarry was driven towards an enclosure).
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Physical description
A cartouche shaped, enamelled gold and mother of pearl snuffbox, the cover with an applied gold scene of a mounted huntsman and his hounds pursuing a stag, surrounded by a gold frame of foliage and strapwork enamelled in translucent red, green and blue, and opaque blue and black. Inside the cover a painting of a hunting scene under glass.
Place of Origin
Germany (probably, made)
Date
ca. 1730 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Pierced and chased gold, carved mother of pearl, enamel, glazed miniature
Marks and inscriptions
No marks
Dimensions
Length: 8.2 cm, Width: 6 cm, Height: 3.3 cm
Object history note
Provenance: Baroness Mathilde von Rothschild, Frankfurt. Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, sale Ball und Graupe, Berlin, lot. 294, March 24, 1931. Sotheby's, Geneva, lot. 186, May 16, 1985.
Descriptive line
A cartouche shaped, enamelled gold and mother of pearl snuffbox, the cover enamelled in translucent red, green and blue and opaque blue and black, set with a chased huntsman and his dog
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Truman, Charles.The Gilbert collection of gold boxes, Vol. I. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1991, cat. no. 59, pp. 178-9. ISBN.0875871623
Exhibition History
Gold Boxes from the Gilbert Collection (Los Angeles County Museum of Art 01/01/1986-31/12/1987)
Gold Boxes from the Gilbert Collection (Los Angeles County Museum of Art 01/01/1986-31/12/1987)
Gold Boxes from the Gilbert Collection (Los Angeles County Museum of Art 01/01/1986-31/12/1987)
Labels and date
Snuffbox with huntsman and dogs
About 1730
Inside the lid is a miniature of a hunting scene.
It is taken from an engraving after J.E. Ridinger’s
Die Par-Force Jagd (hunting in which the quarry
was driven towards an enclosure).
Probably Germany
Enamelled gold, mother-of-pearl and glazed miniature
Formerly in the collection of
Baroness Mathilde von Rothschild, Frankfurt
and Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild
Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.403-2008 [2009]
Production Note
The miniature inside the cover is based on an engraving after the South German artist J.E. Ridinger's Die Par-Force Jagd
Materials
Gold; Glass; Mother-of-pearl; Enamel paint
Techniques
Carving; Painting (image-making); Enamelling; Piercing; Chasing; Inlay (process)
Subjects depicted
Putti; Shell; Hunting; Strapwork; Rabbits; Hounds; Stags; Stylized foliage; Huntsmen
Categories
Containers; Personal accessories; Metalwork; Enamels
Collection code
MET
