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Source Description
Designed to look like an envelope, this snuffbox was presented to a lady-in-waiting at the Russian imperial court. It is “addressed” on one side “To her Excellency my lady Praskovia Grigor’evna Butakova, . . . St. Petersburg.” The other side of the box is “sealed” with a red wax stamp. The seal on the box belongs to a member of the powerful Stroganov family. At court, snuffboxes such as this were intended as flirtatious mementoes. This example was made at the Imperial Porcelain Factory, founded in St. Petersburg in 1744.
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Document identity
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14200
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Snuffbox in the Form of an Envelope
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Source metadata
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title
Snuffbox in the Form of an Envelope
description
Designed to look like an envelope, this snuffbox was presented to a lady-in-waiting at the Russian imperial court. It is “addressed” on one side “To her Excellency my lady Praskovia Grigor’evna Butakova, . . . St. Petersburg.” The other side of the box is “sealed” with a red wax stamp. The seal on the box belongs to a member of the powerful Stroganov family. At court, snuffboxes such as this were intended as flirtatious mementoes. This example was made at the Imperial Porcelain Factory, founded in St. Petersburg in 1744.
provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Saint Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1765-1785
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CC0
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en
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snuffboxes
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5
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import
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cm
width
3.5
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8.5
depth
6.5
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 1 3/8 × W: 3 3/8 × D: 2 9/16 in. (3.5 × 8.5 × 6.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] Ее Превосходительству гос(у)д(а)р(ы)нѣ моей Прасковье Гри- горьевнѣ Туталовой Двора его Императорска- го Величества фреилинѣ в Санктъ Петербурге; [Translation] To her Excellency my lady Parascheve Grigor’evna Tutalova
lady-in-waiting at the court of His Imperial Majesty in Saint Petersburg
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porcelain with overglaze decoration and gold
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