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On display at V&A South Kensington
Europe 1600-1815, Room 2, The Wolfson Gallery

Tobacco Box

1760 (made)

Stamped brass, GERMAN (Iserlohn); about 1760. Commemorating the Battle of Torgau, 1760, and the entry of Frederick the Great into Breslau. Signed, GIESE. Formerly part of Neville collection.; Brassware


Object details

Object type
Brief description
Stamped brass, GERMAN (Iserlohn); about 1760. Commemorating the Battle of Torgau, 1760, and the entry of Frederick the Great into Breslau. Signed, GIESE. Formerly part of Neville collection.; Brassware
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.2cm
  • Depth: 4.9cm
  • Length: 14.8cm
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Zech, Heike, "'Theatre of War': Two Enamelled Copper Snuffboxes with Maps Relating to the Seven Years' War", The Journal of the Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 18, June 2010, pp. 48-55, ill. p. 54
Collection
Accession number
IS.289-1897

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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