Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, versierd met zes herbergscènes in émail, Jean Ducrollay, c. 1765 - c. 1775

Identification

Title(s)

Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, versierd met zes herbergscènes in émail

Object type

snuffbox

Object number

BK-17185

Inscriptions / marks

date letter
date letter
maker's mark
duty mark
countermark
duty mark: ‘V’
signature: ‘Ducrollay A Paris’
inscription: ‘I III’

Description

Rechthoekige doos van goud, met in émail zes herbergscènes. Aan de voorzijde van het deksel een bloemfestoen van goud, smaragden en robijnen.

Creation

Artist

goldsmith: Jean Ducrollay
goldsmith: anonymous
after print by: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas
after print by: Louis Surugue
after painting by: David Teniers (II)

Place

Paris

Dating

c. 1758 - c. 1760 and/or c. 1765 - c. 1775

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

height 4.3 cm × width 8.2 cm × depth 6.3 cm × weight 319 gr

Explanatory note

Het deksel is een laat achttiende-eeuwse toevoeging. R.J. Baarsen in: Murdoch & Zech, 2014.

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; purchased from the estate of Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 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.

Documentation

Paris 1650-1900 : decorative arts in the Rijksmuseum, Reinier J. Baarsen, p. 250-255, cat.nr. 60
Going for gold : craftsmanship and collecting of gold boxes, Tessa Murdoch, Heike Juliane Zech, p. 195-198, pl. 15.1
Eighteenth century gold boxes of Europe, Sacheverell Sitwell, Abraham Kenneth Snowman, Francis Watson, afb. 361-362
18th century gold boxes of Europe, Sacheverell Sitwell, Abraham Kenneth Snowman, Francis John Bagolt Watson, afb. 302-303

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.17764

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