Museum number:
| APM 20.715 |
Subcollection:
| smokers' utensils |
Title:
| tobacco box |
Keyword:
| turtle mounted in silver |
Description:
Tobacco box made of tortoise-shell and silver with an oval egg shape, convex lid and convex bottom mounted in a silver frame with superimposed edges, the side straight, a small silver eyelet on the two-necked hinge, on the inside a conical silver pipe stopper. |
Date:
| Period | 1640 - 1670 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.09 in (5.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) | |
| Length | 2.83 in (7.2 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | tortoise shell (animal material) |
| Technique | pressed material |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | North Holland (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 12 januari 1964-2011, nr CC036 (DD113) |
| Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, -1963 |
Literature
| G.A. Brongers (Georg Alfred Brongers), T.H. Kimm (Tiemen Helperi Kimm), Tabakorama. Groningen, 1969. p 15. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Eivormige tabaksdoos, schildpad in zilver gemonteerd, in geopende toestand. Men lette op het stampertje. 17e eeuw. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 4, 1964-1974. |
| Hamburg, tentoonstelling "Vom Rauchen, eine Kulturhistorische Ausstellung der Sammlung Theodorus Niemeyer Amsterdam", 20 juli - 16 augustus 1967. |
| Amersfoort, museum Flehite, tentoonstelling "Tabakorama", 18 maart - 30 september 1969. |
| Leiden, museum De Lakenhal, tentoonstelling "Tabakorama", 15 oktober - 28 november 1971. |
| Zwolle, Provinciaal Overijssels Museum, tentoonstelling "Van Gouwenaar tot bruyèrepijp, het tabaksgebruik in Nederland 1600-1900", 1 december 1979 - 20 januari 1980. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1980-2010, zolderetage. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Curieuze tabaksdozen uit twee eeuwen, bijzondere dozen uit de Niemeyer collectie", 15 september - 31 oktober 2011. |
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