Museum number:
| APM 15.382 |
Subcollection:
| smokers' utensils |
Title:
| snuff rasp |
Keyword:
| dancer La Camargo |
Description:
Snuff rasp made of ivory with on the front a dancer in a fantasy harlequin costume with fabric triangles around which arms and waist. Above topped by a pierced shell to serve as a spout, underneath a leaf motif with a bunch of grapes. Underside representation upside down a cartouche in which a winged angel's head. Iron grater lost. |
Date:
| Period | 1730 - 1750 |
Dimensions:
| General | Width | 1.61 in (4.1 cm) |
| Length | 6.5 in (16.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | walrus ivory (animal material) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | ivory white |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Seine Maritime |
| Town | Dieppe |
Acquisition
| Year | 1991 |
| Provenance | Parijs, antiekmarkt Ile de Chatou |
| Rouen, particulier bezit, <1975-1991 |
Comments
| Voorgestelde is de beroemde danseres Marie Camargo (officieel Marie-Anne de Cupis Camargo, Brussel, 15-04-1710 - Parijs, 28-04-1770). |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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