Rijksmuseum

Snuffbox with a Portrait of Elisabeth Jacoba de Court

Date

c. 1773 - c. 1774

Medium

ivory, gold (metal), glass

Culture

Paris

Institution

Rijksmuseum

The lid of this snuffbox features a portrait of Elisabeth Jacoba de Court. Her husband, Jacob Hendrik de Ridder, either purchased or received the box as a gift in the year of their marriage. In his will, he bequeathed to her ‘a gold snuffbox with her portrait,’ a special memento of their union.

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