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Tobacco tin

Lost Art-ID
590423
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Niederlande)
Title
Tobacco tin
Dating
1701/1750
Object type
Container
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Metal (Brass) ; Metal (Copper) ; Metal (Sheet metal) / repoussé ; engraved ; soldered
Height
2.80 cm
Width
12.20 cm
Depth
5.40 cm
Inventory number
1000-0332-00; FS 42 / 097
Description
The rectangular box with a slightly domed lid attached to the wall with a hinge shows engraved tendrils on the brass wall. The copper base and lid with engraved tendrils each show a square field in the middle with a smoking scene and an unreadable inscription
Provenance

1701/1750 Poduction | ... - ... | ... | ... - 29.04.-11.05.1942 [1943?] Art dealer S. E. Mossel, Rokin 120, Amsterdam (commercial stock/private collection or commission goods?) | 29.04.-11.05.1942 - 2019 Städtisches Museum Braunschweig (purchase for 32,00 RM [25,00 fl.] by Walter Dexel on behalf of the City of Braunschweig for the "Braunschweig Formsammlung", now part of the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig)

Published since
Contact
Dr. Peter Joch
Museumsdirektor
Phone
0531 4704505
Contact
Dr. Andreas Büttner
Kurator Kunstgewerbe, Gemälde und Skulpturen
Phone
0531 4704515
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