Snuffbox
| Accession Nr.: | 69.365.1 |
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| Date of production: |
second half of the 18th cent.
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| Place of production: | Austria (presumably) |
| Materials: | silver-gilt |
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| Techniques: | chased; engraved decoration; repoussé/punched |
| Dimensions: |
height: 2,5 cm
length: 6,8 cm
width: 5,2 cm
weight: 84,60 g
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Oblong rectangular with wavy sides. On its opening cover in a field framed with rocailles are the figures of Orpheus and Eurydice. The half-naked youth plays the lyre to a similarly half-naked girl. On the upper left part of the frame a bearded head is to be seen. On the sides are two pairs of ribs and in the intermediate fields engraved roses and asymmetrical foliage on a punched base.
Literature
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 4.30. (Ács Piroska)
