Snuffbox
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800-1830
Medium:
Papier-mâché
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Circular papier-mâché snuffbox with black body; black printed image on orange ground depicts busts of three men inside medallion with inscribed band.
Object Number:
INV.7765ab
Marks:
inscribed: in band around portrait: "FRANKLIN Né en 1706, Mort en 1790. J. J. ROUSSEAU Né en 1712, Mort en 1778, VOLTAIRE Né en 1694, Mort en 1778/ Le FLAMBEAU de L'UNIVERSE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
36560
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snuffbox
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Papier-mâché
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. ( 1.9 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Circular papier-mâché snuffbox with black body; painted with portrait of man wearing military dress, including sash.
Inscribed "D. HOLLY / 1840" on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton deGroot
Object Number:
1947.512ab
Marks:
scratched: by hand on reverse: "D. Holly/1840"
Gallery Label:
This snuffbox belonged to David Holly (1768-1843) of Stamford, Connecticut, great grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
36559
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snuffbox with lid
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Papier-mâché
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Circular papier-mâché snuffbox with mottled yellow body; black printed scene on cover depicts landscape with water, town, and windmill in foreground.
Object Number:
INV.7667ab
Marks:
typed: paper fragment on snuffbox: "snuff box brought from China by Holly Smith and given to his niece Martha Coggeshall Holly- Leigh's grandmother"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
36558
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Snuffbox
Classification:
Date:
1813-1820
Medium:
Papier-mâché
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 2.2 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Circular papier-mâché snuffbox with black body; black printed scene of naval battle with inscription on cover, and black printed spread eagle with banner, shield, and arrows and inscription on reverse of box; flag on cover and shield on reverse have red highlights.
Object Number:
INV.7758ab
Marks:
printed: in black on cover: " THE GLORIOUS VICTORY/Achieved in the short space of Seventeen Minutes, by the American Frigate/MACEDONIA/Mounting Forty Nine guns"
printed: in black around eagle: "United We Stand"; "Divided We Fall"; "Liberty Freedom Indepe
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
36557
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Snuffbox
Classification:
Date:
1813-1820
Medium:
Papier-mâché
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 2.2 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Circular papier-mâché snuffbox with black body; black printed scene of naval battle on cover; inscription printed in black on bottom of box beneath spread eagle.
Object Number:
INV.7759ab
Marks:
printed: in black below scene: "COM. PERRY Capturing the Whole of the/British fleet on Lake Erie/ Sept [10, 1813]
printed: in black on bottom half of box: "U.S. brig Niagara, on deck Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813 4 P.M./SIR/It has pleased the Almighty to gi
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
36556
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Snuffbox
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, tortoise shell
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Circular wooden snuffbox with tortoise shell lining; cover is carved with detailed scene of the Arche de Triumphe with figures in the foreground.
Credit Line:
Gift of A.V. W. Van Vechten
Object Number:
INV.7761ab
Marks:
inscribed: in low relief: "ARC DE TRIOMPHE/DU CAROUSEL"
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this piece was torn from the neck of an African warrior during the Matebele war and was given to a gentleman who later on gave it to the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36555
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Snuffbox with lid
Classification:
Date:
1815-1830
Medium:
Papier-mâché
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Circular papier-mâché snuffbox with black body; black printed portrait of Lafayette on cover.
Object Number:
INV.7767ab
Marks:
printed: in balck above portrait: "Lafayette"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
36520
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Snuffbox
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1816
Medium:
Brass, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 3.8 x 7 cm )
Description:
Rectangular carved brass snuffbox with tinned interior and hinged lid; lid decorated with die-stamped bust of Commodore Stephen Decatur.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bernard Cone
Object Number:
1937.66
Marks:
stamped: on lid: "COMMODORE/DECATUR/1816"
Gallery Label:
Stephen Decatur (1779-1820) was a Commodore in the War of 1812.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1816
eMuseum Object ID:
36519
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snuff box w/sticker: gem stone inlaid
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood, sheet metal, glass, tortoise shell
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 7.3 x 7 cm )
Description:
Wooden box with hinged lid, tortoise shell lining, and shaped body; exterior of lid decorated with red and black glass bands and clear, cut glass studs; interior of lid has glass covered, hand painted scene of soldier and woman in neutral setting.
Object Number:
INV.7663
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
36516
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snuffbox
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1815
Medium:
Horn
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 1/4 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 8.3 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Commemorative snuffbox in the shape of Napoleon's bicorne hat, animal horn with hinged lid; half oval shape with curved bottom; on lid, relief image of vendôme column with raised inscription.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.7689
Marks:
carved in relief on lid: "NAPOLEON LE GRANS CHERI DE LA VICTOIRE/ IL SUT PAR SON GENIE ETERNISER SA GLOIRE"
on front: circular mark with triangular incision representing the hat's badge and ribbon
typed: tag found inside: "NADELMAN/Collection/8/"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
36515
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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