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

anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800

Snuffbox. Gold, enamel, mother-of- pearl and diamonds. Paris, 1762 - 1768, by Charles Piat.

  • Artwork typebox, snuffbox
  • Object numberBK-17148
  • Dimensionsheight 5.5 cm x width 8.4 cm x depth 6.5 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

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

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17148

  • 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.

  • Inscriptions / marks

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

Creation

  • Creation

    • goldsmith: anonymous, unknown
    • goldsmith: Charles Piat, Paris [rejected attribution]
  • Dating

    c. 1700 - c. 1800

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 5.5 cm x width 8.4 cm x 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

  • Copyright

  • 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

  • Remarks

    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.


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