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Snuffbox with a mounted mother-of-pearl plaque on the lid depicting scenes of salt extraction
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Snuffbox with a mounted mother-of-pearl plaque on the lid depicting scenes of salt extraction

Jan Diederik Pont · 1755 · silver (metal); mother of pearl; tin (metal)

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

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Tobacco box. Silver. Amsterdam, 1755, by Jan Diederik Pont. Lid of mother-of-pearl, by Johannes Christiaan Konsé. Given by Mrs G. Volkenborn-Kristensen, 1996.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
tobacco boxweighingsalt
Credit lineTabaksdoos met in het deksel een gemonteerde plaque van parelmoer met scènes betreffende de zoutwinning. 1755. Jan Diederik Pont. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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