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Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, bedekt met parelmoer, émail en diamant en versierd met vogels en voluten
anoniem, 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: anoniem, unknown
- goldsmith: Piat, Charles, Paris [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1700 - c. 1800
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Material and technique
Material
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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