Bonbonniere
1787-88 (made), ca.1810 (made)
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The costume of the sitter in miniature suggests a date around 1810 towards the end of the career of the Dutch miniature painter Leonardus Temminck (1753-1813) and more than twenty years after the box itself was created. The cover of the box also appears to have been re-enamelled, possibly when the miniature was set into it.
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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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Gold, enamel, pearls, glazed miniature |
| Brief description | Circular varicoloured gold bonbonnière comprising six panels enamelled in blue, mounted in a cagework of gold chased with foliage and flowers. The cover is bordered by split pearls, and later set with a miniature, under glass, within a split-pearl frame, of a boy shown bust length, facing to the right, wearing a green jacket with white collar and gold buttons. The box retains its original leather case. |
| Physical description | Circular varicoloured gold bonbonnière comprising six panels enamelled in blue, mounted in a cagework of gold chased with foliage and flowers. The cover is bordered by split pearls, and later set with a miniature, under glass, within a split-pearl frame, of a boy shown bust length, facing to the right, wearing a green jacket with white collar and gold buttons. |
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| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: Hancocks, London. |
| Production | Miniature made c.1810 by Leonardus Temminck |
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| Summary | The costume of the sitter in miniature suggests a date around 1810 towards the end of the career of the Dutch miniature painter Leonardus Temminck (1753-1813) and more than twenty years after the box itself was created. The cover of the box also appears to have been re-enamelled, possibly when the miniature was set into it. 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. 7, p. 22. ISBN.0856675210 |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.1050:1-2008 |
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| Record created | June 26, 2008 |
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