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Box / stick handle with a hand and foliate motifs

Box
ca. 1700-1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Germany (made)

This is a box or a stick handle made in ca. 1700-1720 in Germany. The box is carved in ivory with a floral design, mounted in silver, and upheld in a hand. A cork infill in a hole in the bottom may replace an original stand, although this box could have also served as a stick handle. The elegant style of the piece resembles similar small miscellaneous objects carved in ivory made for German courts, such as those in Schwerin, Kassel and Dresden.


Object details

Category
Containers
Object type
Box
TitleBox / stick handle with a hand and foliate motifs (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Carved ivory mounted in silver. Modern cork infill.
Ivory
Silver
Carving
Mounting
Brief description
Box, ivory with silver mounts, stick handle with a hand and foliate motifs, German, ca. 1700-1720
Physical description
An upraised right hand with bent little finger holds a box carved with foliate motifs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.6cm
  • Diameter: 1.68in
Object history
Bought for 8s. from S. Helbing, Munich in November 1872, through Kreitmayer.
Subjects depicted
Foliage
Hand
Summary
This is a box or a stick handle made in ca. 1700-1720 in Germany. The box is carved in ivory with a floral design, mounted in silver, and upheld in a hand. A cork infill in a hole in the bottom may replace an original stand, although this box could have also served as a stick handle. The elegant style of the piece resembles similar small miscellaneous objects carved in ivory made for German courts, such as those in Schwerin, Kassel and Dresden.
Bibliographic references
  • Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, Part II, p. 98
  • List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1872, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., p. 113
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 94
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
1328-1872

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Record createdSeptember 16, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167071/box--stick-handle-with-box-unknown/
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