Snuffbox

Lazare Antoine Clérin, c. 1752

The flowers on this box are in opaque painted enamel émail peint, whereas the leaves are in translucent enamel émail en basse-taille, which allows the engraved metal background to be seen through a clear, thin glaze of enamel.

  • Artwork typesnuffbox
  • Object numberBK-17151
  • Dimensionsheight 3.4 cm x width 7.3 cm x depth 5.2 cm x weight 170.28 g, width 7.3 cm x depth 5.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicsgoud en email

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Snuffbox

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17151

  • Description

    Rechthoekige gouden snuifdoos. Op alle zijden bloemboeketten in email. Langs de rand Lodewijk XVI bladranken.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • redemption mark
    • duty mark
    • mark
    • maker's mark
    • date letter
    • countermark

Creation

  • Creation

    goldsmith: Lazare Antoine Clérin, Paris

  • Dating

    c. 1752

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    goud en email

  • Dimensions

    • height 3.4 cm x width 7.3 cm x depth 5.2 cm x weight 170.28 g
    • width 7.3 cm x depth 5.2 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Eugen Gutmann (1840-1925), Munich, 1912;{Von Falke 1912, p. 78, no. 243, image 61.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 72, no. K.152.} 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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