Museum number:
APM 15.383 |
Subcollection:
smokers' utensils |
Title:
snuff box |
Keyword:
sacrifice of Isaac |
Description:
Snuff box of cast silver with gold-plated inside and outside. On a flat bottom a bombed shape with brace-shaped beds with two mask heads on the front and a field on the back with a reclining figure. Lid with main representation of a sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham placed against roughened background, a floating angel in the air, on the left a sheep, on the right a tree. |
Date:
Period | 1765 - 1775 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 1.26 in (3.2 cm) |
Width | 2.32 in (5.9 cm) |
Characteristics
Material | silver (metal) |
Technique | cast metal |
Colour | white |
Oher techniques | gilt |
Other colours | yellowish |
Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
Region national | Bavaria |
Town | Neurenberg (?) |
Acquisition
Year | 1995 |
Provenance | Amsterdam, veilinghuis Sotheby's, lot 76 |
Comments
Bram Aardewerk benoemt deze doos als Indisch maar uit dezelfde periode (1995). |
Literature
Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013. |
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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