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Snuffbox with Military Scene
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Kolbe, a goldsmith who moved from Wurzburg, Germany, to St. Petersburg in 1793, was known for his large, richly ornamented boxes made of multicolored gold.
Inscription
Provenance
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Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2017-2018 | Fabergé and the Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire's Legacy . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1984 | Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1959-1960 | Russian Art: Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 11/18/2015 | Examination | Examined |
| 11/18/2015 | Examination | Examined in preparation for exhibition. |
| 11/23/2015 | Treatment | Cleaned in preparation for exhibition. |
| 11/23/2015 | Treatment | Cleaned |
Geographies
Russia, St. Petersburg (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall H: 1 13/16 × W: 4 1/16 × D: 3 1/16 in. (4.6 × 10.3 × 7.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.261