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Object name(s):
Snuffbox
Brief description:
A rectangular, varicoloured gold snuffbox, the cover set with an octagonal micromosaic plaque of a bouquet of flowers tied with a ribbon on a pale blue ground, set under glass, with varicoloured-gold flowers chased and applied to the corners, the walls chased with stylised scrolling foliage on a sablé ground and set with six octagonal micromosaic plaques of flower studies, each on a pale blue ground with darker blue surround. The base is chased with the arms of Dondoukoff-Korsakov beneath a princely crown and with military supporters in an oval reserve bordered by scrolling foliage on a sablé ground.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Content - concept:
flowers
Content - concept:
foliage
Credit line:
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BW4213/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Length
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
8
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
6.3
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
4.5
Material:
gold
Material:
mosaic glass
Material:
glass
Object history note:
Provenance: Traditionally, presented to the Dondoukoff-Korsakov family by Tsar Alexander 1. Garrard and Company, London. S. J. Phillips, London, 1991.
Object name:
Snuffbox
Object number:
LOAN:GILBERT.433-2008
Object production date:
ca. 1815
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1810-01-01
Date - latest:
1819-12-31
Object production date:
ca. 1810
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1805-01-01
Date - latest:
1814-12-31
Object production note:
The mosaic Rome, c. 1810
Object production person:
Barbe, Carl Helfried
Person's association:
maker
Object production place:
St Petersburg (Russia)
Place association:
made
Place note:
box
Object production place:
Rome (city)
Place association:
made
Place note:
mosaic
Other number:
GB 163
Other number type:
Arthur Gilbert Number
Other number:
1996.512
Other number type:
The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
Physical description:
A rectangular, varicoloured gold snuffbox, the cover set with an octagonal micromosaic plaque of a bouquet of flowers tied with a ribbon on a pale blue ground, set under glass, with varicoloured-gold flowers chased and applied to the corners, the walls chased with stylised scrolling foliage on a sablé ground and set with six octagonal micromosaic plaques of flower studies, each on a pale blue ground with darker blue surround. The base is chased with the arms of Dondoukoff-Korsakov beneath a princely crown and with military supporters in an oval reserve bordered by scrolling foliage on a sablé ground.
Reproduction number:
2008BW4213
Reproduction number:
2008BV4084
Reproduction number:
2008BV4083
Reproduction number:
2008BV4082
Reproduction number:
2008BV4081
Reproduction number:
2008BV4069
Reproduction number:
2008BV4068
Reproduction number:
2018KU3504
Reproduction number:
2018KU3514
Reproduction number:
2018KU3518
Responsible department/section:
MET
Technique:
chasing
Technique:
micromosaic
Technique:
cutting (dividing)
Technique:
Chased gold, micromosaic and glass
Text reason:
Collections online record
Text:
At St Petersburg, foreign goldsmiths attracted by the wealth of the Russian court included boxmakers and enamellers from France, Germany and Switzerland. Carl Helfried Barbé was born in Frankenthal, in Southern Germany but emigrated to Russia and eventually took Russian nationality. This box was produced in St Petersburg in about 1815, whilst the mosaic predates it from Rome, ca.1810. Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Text reason:
Summary description
Text:
7. Snuffbox with flowers Box, about 1815. Mosaic, about 1810 Box: St. Petersburg, Russia; mark of Carl Helfried Barbé (born 1777) Mosaic: Rome, Italy Gold and glazed glass micromosaic Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.433-2008
Text date:
16/11/2016
Text reason:
Gallery label text
Text:
Snuffbox with flowers Box: about 1815. Mosaic: about 1810 Box: St. Petersburg, Russia; mark of Carl Helfried Barbé (born 1777) Mosaic: Rome, Italy Gold and glazed glass micromosaic By tradition presented to the Dondoukoff-Korsakov family by Tsar Alexander I Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.433-2008
Text date:
2009
Text reason:
Gallery label text
User's reference:
Reference:
Truman, Charles. The Gilbert collection of gold boxes, Vol. I. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1991, cat. no. 133, pp. 383-6. ISBN.0875871623

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cc0440e2-9063-3947-8dcf-5a3c9487eb92

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cc0440e2-9063-3947-8dcf-5a3c9487eb92, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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