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Round tobacco pot of tombak with lid
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Round tobacco pot of tombak with lid

George Henri Lantman · 1903 · casting; drijven; tombac (alloy); tin (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The chased object consists of a bowl and a lid attached by a hinge. The foot and the conical wall of the bowl are decorated with a chased and punched motif repeated six times, consisting of a border decorated with quatrefoils and a rosette, and a stylized decoration applied to the recessed area in which an opened pod and a rosette can be recognized. The border decoration of the lid corresponds to this arrangement. It consists of a six-times repeated flat division of a circular segment with a tangent circle. The latter is decorated with a motif consisting of a stylized opened pod. The remaining fields have a decoration of stylized leaves or insects. The spherical elevation has a decoration consisting of six repetitions of an outwardly rounded oval, with a stylized decoration of a pod, leaves, and a rosette.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
tobacco jar
Credit lineRonde tabakspot van tombak met deksel. 1903. George Henri Lantman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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