Tobacco box
The box is oblong, its ends elaborately curved. The lid and underside each have a central brass cartouche similar in shape to the box. The cartouche on the lid illustrates Christ's resurrection. An angel is lifting the cover of the sepulcher, while a man looks on. The cartouche is framed by leaf scrolls and the following inscription: Kristus / opstandige (Christ / resurrected).
The underside has a much-effaced Noli me tangere scene. Inscribed: Kristus vertoont./hem aen mariea (Christ appears/to Mary).
With lined rims and molded edges. The front and back sides are decorated with running animals. The shaped ends have engraved line decoration.
The underside has a much-effaced Noli me tangere scene. Inscribed: Kristus vertoont./hem aen mariea (Christ appears/to Mary).
With lined rims and molded edges. The front and back sides are decorated with running animals. The shaped ends have engraved line decoration.
Artwork Details
- Title: Tobacco box
- Date: 17th century
- Culture: Dutch
- Medium: Brass and copper
- Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (14.0 x 5.7 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Brass
- Credit Line: Bequest of George White Thorne, 1883
- Object Number: 83.1.58
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Johann Heinrich Giese (1716–1761, active 1756)
ca. 1760–65
18th century
18th century
early 17th century
Watchmaker: Jan Jansen Bockeltz (Dutch, active ca. 1590, died 1626)
ca. 1605–10
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