Gold boxes and miniatures of the eighteenth century

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Get this from a library. Gold boxes and miniatures of the eighteenth century. [Serge Grandjean;]. A German Gold, Enamel And Miniature Snuff Box.

A French Louis XV Vari-Coloured Gold Box A Rare Gold, Malachite & Moss Agate Box An 18th Century Swiss Gold Snuff Box. Alexander Strachan () An Exquisite Georgian Book Snuff Box.

A Gold and Carnelian Box. A Mid 18th Century German Cartouche-Shaped Gold Box. Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe Hardcover – December 1, by Kenneth A. Snowman (Author) See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions.

Price New from Used from Hardcover "Please retry" $ $1, $ Hardcover $ Author: Kenneth A. Snowman. Gold boxes were among the supreme luxuries of 18th-century Europe, essential for any stylish man or woman.

Most were used to hold snuff (powdered tobacco), although some held small sweets or bonbons. They were presented as gifts to friends and lovers, and by monarchs to ambassadors and courtiers.

Home / Books / Waddesdon / Gold Boxes and Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century. Gold Boxes and Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century £ The group of precious objects recorded in this catalogue complement the other 17th and 18th century works of art brought together by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild.

2 in stock. In Europe, the popularisation of snuff in the second half of the 17th century led to the use of the tabatière, or snuff-box. By the 18th century, the gold snuff-box was the height of functional fashion.

Originally made of carved wood, ivory and iron, examples in silver and gold were, by the 18th century, often attractively enamelled. 18th-century Gold box with miniature on ivory Elisabeth Auguste Palatina. 18th-century Oval box in gold and lacquered tortoiseshell in imitation of stone.

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Miniature Portrait Princess Maria Christina Spinning wool Portrait Miniature Georgian 18th Century Fine Hand Painted Details Gold Frame $ A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or it miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century elites, mainly in England and France, and spread across the rest of Europe from the middle of the 18th century, remaining highly popular until the.

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Late 18th Century English Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes. Materials. Walnut. View Full Details. Prisoner of War Battleship Snuff Box. English Nineteenth Century Snuff Box with Miniature Portrait of a Lady.

Early 19th Century Gold and Enamel Box, Swiss Work. The diversity of such objects looked forward to the fashions of the 18th century, when portrait miniatures were used in every type of decorative art, and especially to adorn boxes. Miniature painting became linked more closely than ever with the goldsmith’s art.

***** Bibliography. Other Oliva Porphyria boxes are illustrated in A. Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, Woodbridge,plates and Recently sold similar snuff-boxes include one auctioned at the Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14 Decemberlotone sold Christie's, London, 27 Novemberlot 1 and one sold Christie's, London, An.

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See more ideas about Miniatures, Miniature portraits, Miniature painting pins. 18th-century Oval box in gold and lacquered tortoiseshell in imitation of stone. The hinged lid is adorned with a miniature ivory depicting a woman in an 18th century costume. The inside of the box.

Origins and History. Although abstract miniatures appeared in the earliest illuminated Biblical art such as the Ethiopian Garima Gospels (c CE) and the Syrian Rabbula Gospels (c CE), it wasn't until the early medieval art of the 7th century that the first representational miniatures appeared, in gospel texts like the Irish Christian Book of Dimma (c).Gold funeral ring, engraved “E Kitchen Obt 25 Oct AE 3,” by Jeffrey Lang, Salem, Gold funeral ring engraved “Rvd.

D. Leavit ob 7 Feb AE 41,” by Richard Lang, Salem, He was a son of Jeffrey Lang just cited. Gold locket engraved “I B over P A” and on reverse.Rounded rectangular, engine-turned, gold and enamel box by R.

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