Title

Metal box with lid, c1600, (1881). Creator: W E Mackaness.

Caption

Metal box with lid, c1600, (1881). Etching of a decorated container (for tobacco?) made in the Netherlands, of bell metal, a form of bronze. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F36_420

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,8Mb (2,2Mb) / 14,3in x 15,2in / 4278 x 4556 (300dpi)

Keywords

arts metal tin bronze book box museum Netherlands Dutch decorative boxes century tobacco literature artefact decorated artifact 17th century 19th century B W Victoria and Albert Museum nineteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum TGN etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A container tobacco tin V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston bell metal W E Mackaness Mackaness W E Mackaness W. E. W. E. Mackaness