Two Snuffbox Lid Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1710
name: label: Designer
content: G. Roberday, French, active 1697 – 1713
label: Print Maker
content: G. Roberday, French, active 1697 – 1713
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for snuffbox lids, one above the other. The upper design features three monkeys in a landscape, one appears to be defecating into a pan or bowl, while straddling two branches above. The branches include grapes and birds. The lower design features a winged putto holding a flaming heart flanked by plants and framed by grotesque ornament, strapwork, festoons of flowers, scrolling leaves, herms, mascarons (masks), and birds. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-423-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 14.6 × 10.4 cm (5 3/4 × 4 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 11.3 × 7.8 cm (4 7/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 10.3 × 6.2 cm (4 1/16 × 2 7/16 in.)