Tobacco box
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1848
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular flat box with hinged cover. Underside engraved with parallel lines forming stripes. Outer edges with double stripe of engraved lines. Cover with engine-turned border surrounding engraved image of cow eating grass. Interior of cover inscribed: "Verneerd door het Stedelyk bestuur van Monnickendam, van Jan de Wit, voor de meest ter verkoop aangebragte Runderen op de Jaarmarkt den 26 April 1848."
place: label: made in
content: Possibly Monnikendam, Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Cahn, Jr. in memory of Rosalie S. and William M. Cahn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-49-15
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Tobacco box
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Silver
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 13.5 x 8 x 2 cm (5 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 13/16 in.)