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Snuffbox with Judgment of Solomon
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The box is of the typical shape of those made early in the reign of Louis XV. The scene must have been taken from a Dutch, or perhaps Flemish, drawing and is carved in ivory with the Judgment of Solomon. The ivory bottom of the box is carved with a Baroque scroll.
A rather similar box, in mother-of-pearl and showing Pharaoh's army at the Red Sea, is in the Walters Collection (Walters 57.107). It is marked by an Amsterdam marker and dated 1739.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Netherlands (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 15/16 x W: 2 11/16 in. (4.9 x 6.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
71.330