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Snuffbox with a Portrait of Elisabeth Jacoba de Court
Nicolas-Augustin Delions, c. 1773 - c. 1774
The lid of this snuffbox features a portrait of Elisabeth Jacoba de Court. Her husband, Jacob Hendrik de Ridder, either purchased or received the box as a gift in the year of their marriage. In his will, he bequeathed to her ‘a gold snuffbox with her portrait,’ a special memento of their union.
- Artwork typesnuffbox
- Object numberBK-NM-5885
- Dimensionsheight 3.6 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 6 cm x height 4.2 cm x height 10.2 cm x width 9.8 cm x depth 7.7 cm
- Physical characteristicsgoud in vier kleuren, het miniatuur op ivoor, glas