Snuifdoos van goud, ovaal en geheel bezet met briljanten op een ondergrond van groen émail, op het deksel een voorstelling, Jean George, c. 1763 - c. 1764

Identification

Title(s)

Snuifdoos van goud, ovaal en geheel bezet met briljanten op een ondergrond van groen émail, op het deksel een voorstelling

Object type

snuffbox

Object number

BK-17186

Inscriptions / marks

date letter
maker's mark
duty mark
countermark
duty mark: ‘V’
signature: ‘GEORGE - A - PARIS’
signature: ‘Tourcaty’
inscription: ‘COLLECTION de Monsieur le Baron HENRI DE ROTHSCHILD/ Stern.Gr./ Fr I’

Description

Snuifdoos van goud, ovaal, geheel met brillanten bezet afstekend tegen groen email. Op het deksel een medaillon met in veelkleurig email een liefdespaar.

Creation

Artist

goldsmith: Jean George
Tourcaty
after print by: Gilles Demarteau
after drawing by: François Boucher

Place

Paris

Dating

c. 1763 - c. 1764

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

height 4 cm × width 7.1 cm × depth 5.7 cm × weight 229.7 g

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Henri von Rothschild;{According to the label inside; Note RMA.} …; 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.

Relations

Documentation

Paris 1650-1900: decorative arts in the Rijksmuseum, Reinier J. Baarsen, p. 266-270, cat.nr. 63
Eighteenth century gold boxes of Europe, Abraham Kenneth 1919- Snowman, afb. 396
European and American snuff boxes 1730-1830, Clare Le Corbeiller, afb. 111
18th century gold boxes of Europe, Abraham Kenneth 1919- Snowman, afb. 320
Verzeichnis der Restbestände der Sammlung Mannheimer, Franz Kieslinger, p.49, cat.nr. 339

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.17763

Questions?

Do you have a remark or extra information on this object? Please let us know!