Museum number:
| APM 20.722 |
Subcollection:
| smokers' utensils |
Title:
| tobacco box |
Keyword:
| turtle mounted in silver |
Description:
Tobacco box made of silver and turtle with a slightly convex bottom and lid mounted in an upright edge of silver, serrated along the insert, the upright side engraved with leaves, in the center a family crest with twill and three clovers, on the opposite side a grotesque mask head, the ends on the left a standing lion with saber and on the right the Virgin with staff with freedom hat in the Dutch garden. Without hinge. |
Date:
| Period | 1740 - 1755 |
Dimensions:
| General | Width | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
| Length | 3.78 in (9.6 cm) | |
| Thickness | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | tortoise shell (animal material) |
| Technique | pressed material |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Oher techniques | engraved |
| Other colours | white |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1980-2011, nr DD144 |
Comments
| Brongers dateert de doos op c. 1700 en vermeldt als wapen dat van het geslacht Van der Meers. |
Literature
| Don Duco, De Hollandse tabaksdoos. Amsterdam, 2012. afb 7. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, aaaDe Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor het determineren. Amsterdam, 2025. hfst 1, p 30, afb 47. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Parijs, Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville, tentoonstelling "Les 50 pipes les plus extraordinaires de la célèbre collection Niemeyer", 1 oktober - 20 november 1966. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, verdieping. |
| Breda, Turfschip, tentoonstelling "Toeback-Tabak", 11-20 april 1981. |
| Schoonhoven, Nederlands Zilvermuseum, tentoonstelling "Designed by Nature", 4 oktober 2018 - 10 juni 2019. |
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