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:

GeneralHeight1.26 in (3.2 cm)
Width2.32 in (5.9 cm)
Characteristics
Materialsilver (metal)
Techniquecast metal
Colourwhite
Oher techniquesgilt
Other coloursyellowish
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalBavaria
TownNeurenberg (?)
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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