Snuffbox
1819-1832 (made)
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The rustic scenes are in the style of the Flemish painter, David Teniers the Younger (1610-90), whose paintings were an extremely popular source of inspiration for enamel artists. Dutch painting was particularly fashionable in France in the mid-18th century.
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde amassed 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 amassed 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 | Painted enamel, chased gold, silver, emeralds and diamonds |
| Brief description | Rectangular gold snuffbox with six enamel-painted scenes; Gabriel-Raoul Morel, Paris, 1819-32. |
| Physical description | Rectangular snuffbox with six enamel plaques painted with citizens and peasants feasting and carousing, after David Teniers the Younger. The gold mounts are chased with shells, scrolls and foliage. The thumbpiece consists of emeralds and diamonds in silver settings. |
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| Gallery label | 4. Snuffbox with wedding feast, 1819–32
Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.1048-2008(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, 1995 |
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| Summary | The rustic scenes are in the style of the Flemish painter, David Teniers the Younger (1610-90), whose paintings were an extremely popular source of inspiration for enamel artists. Dutch painting was particularly fashionable in France in the mid-18th century. Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde amassed 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. 12, pp. 29-30. ISBN.0856675210 |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.1048-2008 |
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| Record created | September 16, 2008 |
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