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Snuff Box

18th century (made)
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Place of origin

Oblong snuff box, enamel on copper, transfer-printed in purple and painted in polychrome enamels, and gilded. On the lid is a print, painted over, of a girl, seen three-quarter length, seated by a column holding an open music book, and a boy standing at the side playing on a pipe. The sides are repousse, each with an oblong panel with bowed ends in relief, printed with landscapes painted over, and surrounded by raised gilt scrolls and stars, each on a ground of different colour. The details of the landscapes are as follows: (1) on a pink (rose Pompadour) ground, the view of a river; (2) on a lavender-blue ground, a village with a church, and in the foreground a cart on a road; (3) on a pale yellow ground, three hares and a distant church; (4) on a pale mauve ground a village with a house behind a high wall on one side and an inn on the other side of the road. On the bottom are formal devices in gold. With a perforated and chased gilt metal mount.

Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Snuff Box
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Enamel on copper, transfer-printed and painted in enamel colours, and gilded, with a perforated and chased gilt metal mount
Brief description
Snuff box, enamel on copper, transfer-printed and painted with a girl and boy in polychrome enamels, and gilded, on a perforated and chased gilt metal mount, England, 18th century
Physical description
Oblong snuff box, enamel on copper, transfer-printed in purple and painted in polychrome enamels, and gilded. On the lid is a print, painted over, of a girl, seen three-quarter length, seated by a column holding an open music book, and a boy standing at the side playing on a pipe. The sides are repousse, each with an oblong panel with bowed ends in relief, printed with landscapes painted over, and surrounded by raised gilt scrolls and stars, each on a ground of different colour. The details of the landscapes are as follows: (1) on a pink (rose Pompadour) ground, the view of a river; (2) on a lavender-blue ground, a village with a church, and in the foreground a cart on a road; (3) on a pale yellow ground, three hares and a distant church; (4) on a pale mauve ground a village with a house behind a high wall on one side and an inn on the other side of the road. On the bottom are formal devices in gold. With a perforated and chased gilt metal mount.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.1cm
  • Length: 7.6cm
  • Width: 5.7cm
converted from register
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Other number
Sch.III 169 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1546-1885

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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