Snuffbox
1747-48 (made)
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The interior of the lid of this box is set with a miniature depicting three nymphs and a pair of doves.
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 | Gold, oil, wood, glass |
| Brief description | Rectangular gold snuffbox (tabatière pleine), with concave walls, chased overall with undulating lines, with flaring thumbpiece. The interior of the lid is set with a miniature painted in oils on wood of three nymphs and a pair of doves in the manner of Jacques Charlier, set under glass, with the support of a playing card behind. |
| Physical description | Rectangular gold snuffbox, with concave walls, decorated overall with undulating lines, with a flaring thumbpiece. The interior of the lid is set with a miniature painted in oils on wood of three nymphs and a pair of doves in the manner of Jacques Charlier, set under glass, with the support of a playing card behind. |
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| Gallery label | 3. Gold snuffbox, 1747–48
Museum no. Loan: Gilbert.1046-2008(16/11/2016) |
| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: Sotheby's, Geneva, 16/11/1993, lot 78. Au Vieux Paris, Paris, 1994. |
| Production | Miniature probably by Jacques Charlier. Mark of a Paris goldsmith, charge mark of the sous-fermier Antoine Leschaudel and Warden's mark for Paris |
| Summary | The interior of the lid of this box is set with a miniature depicting three nymphs and a pair of doves. 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. 2, p. 13. ISBN.0856675210 |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.1046-2008 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2008 |
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