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Lacquer box of Japon de Commande with coat of arms Fonteyn Verschuur
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Lacquer box of Japon de Commande with coat of arms Fonteyn Verschuur

anonymous · c. 1810 - c. 1830 · wood (plant material); lacquer (coating); mother of pearl; gilt paint

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Card and gaming counter box. Lacquered wood, mother of pearl. Japan, c. 1810 - 1830. Card and board games were popular pastimes in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Europeans bought finely worked boxes for playing cards and tokens made in China and Japan. This Japanese token box bears the crest of the Fonteyn Verschuur family. Purchased from Stichting Cultuurgeschiedenis Nederlanders Overzee.

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Credit lineLakkist van Japon de Commande met wapen Fonteyn Verschuur. c. 1810 - c. 1830. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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