Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, bedekt met parelmoer, émail en diamant en versierd met vogels en voluten, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800

Identification

Title(s)

Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, bedekt met parelmoer, émail en diamant en versierd met vogels en voluten

Object type

box
snuffbox

Object number

BK-17148

Inscriptions / marks

maker's mark (false): ‘GP’
duty mark (false)
mark (false)

Description

Rechthoekige gouden snuifdoos, met paarlemoer, email en diamanten. Alle zijden bedekt met platen van paarlemoer met in het midden een wit geëmailleerd ovaal met vogels. Versierd met met diamanten bezette voluten.

Creation

Artist

goldsmith: anonymous
goldsmith: Charles Piat (rejected attribution)

Place

goldsmith: unknown
goldsmith: Paris

Dating

c. 1700 - c. 1800

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

height 5.5 cm × width 8.4 cm × depth 6.5 cm

Explanatory note

De snuifdoos is waarschijnlijk in de 18e eeuw vervaardigd en voorzien van valse 18e-eeuwse merken. R.J. Baarsen in: Murdoch & Zech, 2014.

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 69, no. K.147.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Documentation

Going for gold: craftsmanship and collecting of gold boxes, p. 201-203, pl. 15.8
Sichergestellte Kunstwerke in den besetzten niederländischen Gebieten, Franz Kieslinger, p.62, cat.nr. Taf.105
Katalog der Sammlung F[ritz] M[annheimer], Otto von Falke, P.69, cat.nr. K.147

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.17785

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