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Differents desseins de Tabatières, et pomme de canne, cinquième planche [Different Designs for Snuff Boxes and a Cane Handle, 5th Plate], pl. 53 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1748

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Four designs for snuff boxes. Two large scenic designs, one with figures and sailing ship enclosed in a cartouche, the other showing three figures hauling lumber (?) with church and low buildings in background. Two small cartouches with frolicking putti. The cane handle is decorated with swirling acanthus leaves and flowers.

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  • Title: Differents desseins de Tabatières, et pomme de canne, cinquième planche [Different Designs for Snuff Boxes and a Cane Handle, 5th Plate], pl. 53 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
  • Creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
  • Creator Lifespan: 1695/1750
  • Date Created: 1748
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • Medium: Etching on off-white laid paper
  • Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux (Decloux 173)
  • Paper Support: Off-white laid paper
  • Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: H; upper right: 53; lower left: J.A. Meissonnier inv.; lower center: Differents desseins de Tabatières, et pomme de canne.; lower right: Huquier Sculp. et ex. C.P.R.
  • Dimensions: Platemark: 22 x 15.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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