Snuffbox

Unknown

ca. 1700 · Silver and oak · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The commemorative scene on the cover shows the future Charles II hiding in the Boscobel Oak, with an angel in flight offering him three crowns of the three kingdoms, England, Scotland and Ireland. Two armed riders search for Charles below the tree. Such boxes circulated among royalists as a sign of loyalty to the cause of the young Pretender. Oak was used in combination with silver to symbolize that famous tree.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1700

Medium

Silver and oak

Culture

probably British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1970