Snuffbox
second half 19th century (made)
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The scene on the cover of this snuffbox is after an etching by de Launay of a painting by Fragonard, as is the image on the front wall of the box.
Whilst the subjects on the other four panels are not based on specific paintings or etchings, they are evidently in the same manner as the two identified panels.
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.
Whilst the subjects on the other four panels are not based on specific paintings or etchings, they are evidently in the same manner as the two identified panels.
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 | Gold, enamel |
| Brief description | Varicoloured gold snuffbox with six enamel plaques depicting rustic interior in the manner of Fragonard Greuze in a cagework of gold chased with flowers, foliage, ribbons and trophies on a matted ground. |
| Physical description | Varicoloured gold snuffbox with six enamel plaques depicting rustic interior in the manner of Fragonard Greuze in a cagework of gold chased with flowers, foliage, ribbons and trophies on a matted ground. |
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| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: The Property of a European Collector, sale, Christie's, Geneva, 14 November, 1995, lot 59. S.J.Phillips, London. |
| Production | After de Launay and probable made in the second half of the nineteenth century |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The scene on the cover of this snuffbox is after an etching by de Launay of a painting by Fragonard, as is the image on the front wall of the box. Whilst the subjects on the other four panels are not based on specific paintings or etchings, they are evidently in the same manner as the two identified panels. 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. 13, p. 31. ISBN.0856675210 |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.1049-2008 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2008 |
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