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Snuff Box

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval snuff box, enamel on copper, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilded. On the lid is a group of a youth and a lady with a birdcage, sitting on the ground at the foot of a monument in a garden, and a second youth standing behind playing a mandolin. The painting is surrounded by raised gilt scrolls on a greenish-brown ground dotted with white. On the sides, reserved on a ground of the same colour diapered with raised white dotted trelliswork, are four small landscapes enclosed by gilt scrolls with details as follows: (1) two men and sheep near an obelisk; (2) two men with sheep by a pond; (3) a man driving a cow towards a building; (4) two men beside a tower. With a 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, painted in enamel colours, and gilded, with a gilt metal mount
Brief description
Snuff box, enamel on copper, painted with figures in polychrome enamels, and gilded, on a gilt metal mount, England, 18th century
Physical description
Oval snuff box, enamel on copper, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilded. On the lid is a group of a youth and a lady with a birdcage, sitting on the ground at the foot of a monument in a garden, and a second youth standing behind playing a mandolin. The painting is surrounded by raised gilt scrolls on a greenish-brown ground dotted with white. On the sides, reserved on a ground of the same colour diapered with raised white dotted trelliswork, are four small landscapes enclosed by gilt scrolls with details as follows: (1) two men and sheep near an obelisk; (2) two men with sheep by a pond; (3) a man driving a cow towards a building; (4) two men beside a tower. With a gilt metal mount.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.8cm
  • Width: 7.6cm
converted from register
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Other number
Sch.III 160 & Sch.III 160A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1553&A-1885

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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