Museum number:
| APM 15.382 |
Subcollection:
| tabakscuriosa |
Title:
| snuff rasp |
Keyword:
| dancer La Camargo |
Description:
Snuff rasp made of ivory with on the front a dancer in a fantasy harlequin costume with fabric triangles around which arms and waist. Above topped by a pierced shell to serve as a spout, underneath a leaf motif with a bunch of grapes. Underside representation upside down a cartouche in which a winged angel's head. Iron grater lost. |
Date:
| Period | 1730 - 1750 |
Dimensions:
| General | Width | 4,1 cm |
| Length | 16,5 cm |
Characteristics
| Material | walrusivoor (dierlijk materiaal) |
| Technique | gesneden |
| Colour | ivoorwit |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Frankrijk |
| Region National | Seine-Maritime |
| City | Dieppe |
Acquisition
| Year | 1991 |
| Provenance | Parijs, antiekmarkt Ile de Chatou |
| Rouen, particulier bezit, <1975-1991 |
Comments
| Voorgestelde is de beroemde danseres Marie Camargo (officieel Marie-Anne de Cupis Camargo, Brussel, 15-04-1710 - Parijs, 28-04-1770). |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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