Tobacco box

Description

Copper and brass tobacco box decorated with bas-reliefs of the battles of Rosback and Lissa and a half length figure of Frederick the Great: German, Iserlohn, Johann Heinrich Giese and Johann Heinrich Hamer, late 1750s or later

Museum reference

A.1873.21.30

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Tobacco box

Production information

Giese, Johann Heinrich, 1716 - 1761
Iserlohn, Germany, Western Europe
Hamer, Johann Heinrich, 1754 - 1765 (fl.)
Iserlohn, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Second half 18th century

Materials

Copper, Brass

Physical description

Copper and brass

Associations

Depicted: Frederick the Great
Depicted: Battle of Rosback
Depicted: Battle of Lissa

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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