Museum number:
| APM 15.383 |
Subcollection:
| tabakscuriosa |
Title:
| snuff box |
Keyword:
| sacrifice of Isaac |
Description:
Snuff box of cast silver with gold-plated inside and outside. On a flat bottom a bombed shape with brace-shaped beds with two mask heads on the front and a field on the back with a reclining figure. Lid with main representation of a sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham placed against roughened background, a floating angel in the air, on the left a sheep, on the right a tree. |
Date:
| Period | 1765 - 1775 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3,2 cm |
| Width | 5,9 cm |
Characteristics
| Material | zilver (metaal) |
| Technique | gegoten metaal |
| Colour | blank |
| Oher techniques | verguld |
| Other colours | gelig |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Duitsland |
| Region National | Beieren |
| City | Neurenberg (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, veilinghuis Sotheby's, lot 76 |
Comments
| Bram Aardewerk benoemt deze doos als Indisch maar uit dezelfde periode (1995). |
Literature
| Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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