Meissen snuff boxes of the eighteenth century
By: [authors, Sarah-Katharina Acevedo ... et al. ; translation of German texts, Roderick O'Donovan, John Nicholson, Helen Warren]
Contributors: Residenzmuseum München
Publisher: Röbbig München; Hirmer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Munich; Munich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9783777421377
Subjects: Snuff boxes and bottles; Exhibitions; Porcelain boxes; Meissen porcelain
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Residenz München, Nov. 7-Dec. 8, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Essays --; title: Snuff Boxes and the Taking of Snuff: On the Purpose of Luxury  -- Hans Ottomeyer; title: Precious Snuff Boxes in Princely Collections of the Eighteenth Century  -- Lorenz Seelig; title: Pleasure and Principle: Collecting Snuff Boxes from 1800 onwards  -- Heike Zech; title: Eighteenth-Century Meissen Porcelain Snuff Boxes  -- Ulrich Pietsch; title: Image and Symbol: On the Use and Meaning of the Snuff Box as Reflected by Meissen Figures of the Eighteenth Century  -- Sarah-Katharina Acevedo; title: Catalogue --; title: Appendix The Work Reports of Meissen Modellers and Decorators concerning Snuff Boxes Selected and transcribed -- Ulrich Pietsch.