Snuffbox with scenes of Saxon castles and a view of Dresden

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1750

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, c. 1750 hard-paste porcelain, gold, diamonds, garnets

  • Artwork typesnuffbox
  • Object numberBK-17457
  • Dimensionsheight 4.3 cm x width 7.9 cm x depth 6 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein, goud, diamant, granaat

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Snuffbox with scenes of Saxon castles and a view of Dresden

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17457

  • Description

    Rechthoekige snuifdoos van beschilderd porselein. De doos is gevat in een gouden montuur met aan de voorkant een tak bezet met diamanten en granaten. De binnenzijde is beschilderd met een honingraatpatroon met AR-monogrammen in violet. De buitenzijde van het deksel is beschilderd met een gezicht op Dresden, de binnenzijde met een gezicht op Warschau, de onderkant van de doos met de Moritzburg en de buitenwanden met paleizen. De doos is niet gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    factory mark: ‘AR’

Creation

  • Creation

    porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen

  • Dating

    c. 1750

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein, goud, diamant, granaat

  • Dimensions

    height 4.3 cm x width 7.9 cm x depth 6 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 6, no. Por 64, Artistic no. 22/46; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, 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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  • Snuffbox with scenes of Saxon castles and a view of Dresden
  • Snuffbox with scenes of Saxon castles and a view of Dresden
  • Snuffbox with scenes of Saxon castles and a view of Dresden
  • Snuffbox with scenes of Saxon castles and a view of Dresden
  • Snuffbox with scenes of Saxon castles and a view of Dresden
  • Snuffbox with scenes of Saxon castles and a view of Dresden