Museum number:
| APM 25.402 |
Subcollection:
| labels and tobacco wrappers |
Title:
| brieftabak |
Keyword:
| smoking men |
Description:
Tobacco vignette in letter form with rectangular shape, folded closed with a small red wax seal on the back, central front " ZU FELD UND MEER UND ALLEN ORTEN BIN ICH BEWEHRT ERFUNDEN WORDEN " (in the field and at sea and all other places I am seen as desirable), below it a mirror monogram with "NO" on the left and "10 on the right, framed through leaf work with a sitting smoking man in both bottom corners. Wax stamp reverse side with mirror monogram, with pencil year "1692". |
Date:
| Period | 1730 - 1760 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Width | 4.72 in (12 cm) | |
| Thickness | 0.55 in (1.4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | paper |
| Technique | printed |
| Colour | creamy white |
| Finish | inkt, zwart |
| Traces of use | ongeopend |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
Acquisition
| Year | 2016 |
Comments
| Vermoedelijk is dit de enige ongeopende envelop met brieftabak. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. augustus 2017, nr 195. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar. |
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