Snuffbox
1825-1850 (made)
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The decoration of this box suggests that it was made at a time when the revived Rococo style was popular, probably around 1825-35, and the carved stone panels indicate that its place of origin, presumably German, hels a tradition for this kind of work.
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.
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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved bloodstone, chased varicoloured gold, green stone |
| Brief description | Varicoloured gold with carved greenstone panels, Germany, 1825-50. |
| Physical description | Rectangular varicoloured gold snuffbox set with five panels of bloodstone carved with figures and landscapes, with scrolling borders set on the cover and walls in gold chased with flowers and scrolls; the base is set with a plain, green stone panel similarly mounted, the rim of the lid chased with reeded chevrons and scrolls, and the box has a scrolling thumbpiece. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | No marks |
| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: Sale, Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, lot 208, 08/06/1994. S.J. Phillips, London. |
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| Summary | The decoration of this box suggests that it was made at a time when the revived Rococo style was popular, probably around 1825-35, and the carved stone panels indicate that its place of origin, presumably German, hels a tradition for this kind of work. 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. |
| Bibliographic reference | Truman, Charles.The Gilbert collection of gold boxes, volume II, London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1999, cat. no. 24, p. 46. ISBN.0856675210 |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.518-2008 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2008 |
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