Snuffbox, Lazare Antoine Clérin, c. 1752

Identification

Title(s)

Snuffbox
Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, versierd met bloemboeketten in émail

Object type

snuffbox

Object number

BK-17151

Inscriptions / marks

date letter
maker's mark
duty mark
countermark
redemption mark
mark

Description

Rechthoekige gouden snuifdoos. Op alle zijden bloemboeketten in email. Langs de rand Lodewijk XVI bladranken.

Creation

Artist

goldsmith: Lazare Antoine Clérin

Place

Paris

Dating

c. 1752

Material and Technique

Material

gold (metal)

Measurements

height 3.4 cm × width 7.3 cm × depth 5.2 cm × weight 170.28 g
width 7.3 cm × depth 5.2 cm

Subject

What

bunch of flowers ~ ornament

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Eugen Gutmann (1840-1925), Munich, 1912;{Von Falke 1912, p. 78, no. 243, image 61.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 72, no. K.152.} 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

Paris 1650-1900: decorative arts in the Rijksmuseum, Reinier J. Baarsen, p. 222-225, cat.nr. 53
Eighteenth century gold boxes of Europe, Abraham Kenneth 1919- Snowman, afb. 303
18th century gold boxes of Europe, Abraham Kenneth 1919- Snowman, afb. 294
Sichergestellte Kunstwerke in den besetzten niederländischen Gebieten, Franz Kieslinger, p. 62, cat.nr. Taf.106
Katalog der Sammlung F[ritz] M[annheimer], Otto von Falke, P.72, cat.nr. K.152
Die Kunstsammlung Eugen Gutmann, Otto von Falke, cat.nr. 243

Persistent URL

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