Tabakspot, vervaardigd als herinnering aan de toekenning op 26 januari 1787 door de Académie Royale et Patriotique van Valence, van een ereprijs aan Adriaan Paets van Troostwijk (1752-1837) en Cornelis Kraijenhoff (1758-1840)

Johannes Schiotling, 1787

Tobacco jar by J. Schiotling, silver, 1787 C.R.T. Krayenhoff and A. Paets van Troostwijk received a tobacco jar in 1787 from the French Royal Academy. It was a prize for their entry to a competition on the question of the advantages of electricity. Krayenhoff was later to play a major role in the political upheavals of 1795. He held important administrative posts in the national defence and water management.

  • Artwork typetobacco jar
  • Object numberNG-KOG-1676
  • Dimensionsheight 18.8 cm x width 12.3 cm x depth 12.3 cm, width 12.2 cm x depth 12.2 cm