Snuifdoos met panterdessin

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1790

Snuffbox. Gold, enamel. Paris, 1766 - 1767, by Jean-François Defer.

  • Artwork typesnuffbox
  • Object numberBK-17160
  • Dimensionsheight 3.5 cm x width 8.7 cm x depth 6.6 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Snuifdoos met panterdessin

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17160

  • Description

    Ovale gouden doos, geëmailleerd met roodbruine vlekken op gele fond, als bij een panterhuid. De randen met groene blaadjes en lichtviolette stroken op gematteerd goud.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • maker's mark (false): ‘JFD’
    • date letter (false): ‘C’
    • duty mark (false)

Creation

  • Creation

    • goldsmith: anonymous, Hanau
    • goldsmith: Jean François Defer, Paris [rejected attribution]
  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1790

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 3.5 cm x width 8.7 cm x depth 6.6 cm


Explanatory note

  • De snuifdoos is waarschijnlijk in Hanau vervaardigd omstreeks 1780-1790, maar voorzien van valse 18e-eeuwse Parijse merken. R.J. Baarsen in: Murdoch & Zech, 2014.


Acquisition and rights

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  • Provenance

    …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 77, no. K.163.} 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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