Snuffbox
ca. 1730 (made)
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Inside the lid of this box is a miniature of a hunting scene. It is taken from an engraving after J.E. Ridinger's Die Par-Force Jagd (hunting in which the quarry was driven towards an enclosure).
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.
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Materials and techniques | Pierced and chased gold, carved mother of pearl, enamel, glazed miniature |
Brief description | A cartouche shaped, enamelled gold and mother of pearl snuffbox, the cover enamelled in translucent red, green and blue and opaque blue and black, set with a chased huntsman and his dog |
Physical description | A cartouche shaped, enamelled gold and mother of pearl snuffbox, the cover with an applied gold scene of a mounted huntsman and his hounds pursuing a stag, surrounded by a gold frame of foliage and strapwork enamelled in translucent red, green and blue, and opaque blue and black. Inside the cover a painting of a hunting scene under glass. |
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Marks and inscriptions | No marks |
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Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
Object history | Provenance: Baroness Mathilde von Rothschild, Frankfurt. Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, sale Ball und Graupe, Berlin, lot. 294, March 24, 1931. Sotheby's, Geneva, lot. 186, May 16, 1985. |
Production | The miniature inside the cover is based on an engraving after the South German artist J.E. Ridinger's Die Par-Force Jagd |
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Summary | Inside the lid of this box is a miniature of a hunting scene. It is taken from an engraving after J.E. Ridinger's Die Par-Force Jagd (hunting in which the quarry was driven towards an enclosure). 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. |
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Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.403-2008 |
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Record created | June 19, 2008 |
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