Museum number:

APM 25.031

Subcollection:

vignetten en tabaksverpakkingen

Title:

tabaksvignet

Keyword:

three birds

Description:

Tobacco vignette on paper with inside a thin but Louis XV frame of c-volutes a beautifully detailed representation of a standing merchant leaning right against a large tobacco barrel, in the center a stack of sealed tobacco packs and on the left in the background a three-mast with rising mirror and the sails pulled down, in front of it a large half-opened square basket and a bale, in the center in the sky a coat of arms on which three birds turned to the left, the shield crowned by a rocaille and surrounded by some palm leaves, the bottom edge of the illutration empty for a text to be added.

Date:

Period 1755 - 1790


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight12 cm
Width10,9 cm
Other dimensions Papierformaat: Hoogte: 16,9 cm, Breedte: 13,9 cm
Characteristics
Materialpapier
Techniquegedrukt (inkt)
Colourwit
Finish inkt, zwart
Traces of use geen
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryNederland
Acquisition
Year 1992
Provenance Dordrecht, antiquariaat
Rotterdam, particulier bezit, c. 1965-1992

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