Snuff Box
Copper, painted in enamels with landscapes, figures and foliage, and with applied stamped gold foil ornaments, in metal mount engraved with floral decoration. Inside the lid is a painted landscape under horn. Germany, early eighteenth century.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Copper, painted in enamels with landscapes, figures and foliage, and with applied stamped gold foil ornaments, in metal mount engraved with floral decoration. Inside the lid is a painted landscape under horn. Germany, early eighteenth century. |
| Object history | The box contains a label printed with: 'NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF ART. LEEDS, 1868 Museum of Art [signed in ink by] F. Matheson Esq. PROPRIETOR' [and annotated in ink with the numbers '9' and '32'] |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.284-1921 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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