Tobacco box
date: label: Date
content: mid-18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oval box with hinged cover. Engraved lid with harbor scene and inscription. In foreground, figure at shore greets two figures about to alight a smaller boat. In the near distance, a boat sits in harbor. On the underside, farmyard scene and inscription. In the foreground towards right, a man stands near a well(?) surrounded by chickens and a horse or mule. In the background, a woman stands near pair of pigs and a spindle(?). Bordering both scenes and decorating the side of the box are engraved wave patterns.
place: label: made in
content: 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 C. Gustave Mourraille in memory of his sister, M. Mathilde Mourraille
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-121-4
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: Brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 3.5 x 12 x 7 cm (1 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)