Snuffbox
ca. 1770 (made)
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This double snuffbox is composed of two compartments of unequal size - one much larger than the other - which is unusual. Its overall size and the style of its ornament indicate it may have been used on a table rather than carried in the pocket.
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 | Chased gold |
| Brief description | Rectangular, gold double snuffbox, each side chased with a sunburst and applied with a flower spray within a waved border and with foliage and flowers around the edges. |
| Physical description | Rectangular gold double snuffbox, each side chased with a sunburst and applied with a flower spray within a waved border and with foliage and flowers around the edges. A hinged lid is at either end and an internal dividing panel makes one compartment almost twice the size of the other. |
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| Gallery label | WARSAW
5. Double snuffbox, about 1770
Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.1045-2008(16/11/2016) |
| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance Acquired by Arthur Gilbert from S.J. Phillips Ltd, London, 1994 |
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| Summary | This double snuffbox is composed of two compartments of unequal size - one much larger than the other - which is unusual. Its overall size and the style of its ornament indicate it may have been used on a table rather than carried in the pocket. 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. 61, p. 96. ISBN.0856675210 |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.1045-2008 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2008 |
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