Snuff box with portrait of Nicolaas Pancras, The scalloped gold box, with a straight back has a hinged lid. The box contains a sealed compartment, also with a hinged lid, and is equipped with a spoon that fits into the compartment. In the bottom of the bottom of the box, an oval cornaline has been placed inside a raised edge, which has been lowered with the crowned arm of the pancras in a frame of volutes and flowers. At the top, the bottom shows a bulge, creating the space for the stone. The wall of the box is articulated by a profile edge, beneath it is slightly convex, rejuvenating to the bottom, above it is slightly constricted. The lid has a profiled rim with a raised scalloped lip on the front. In the rim is a plate, lost with asymmetrical frame of an oval medallion, built from volutes, rocailles and flowers, on a punched ground. The medallion contains the painted portrait of Mr. Nicolaas pancras, turnover with 28 diamonds. The portrait and the diamonds are set in silver settings. The miniature is protected by a faceted glass. A second one is placed against the underside of the plate. This is engraved with a funeral monument in the form of a pyramid-shaped structure resting on a profiled plinth, topped by a vase with a plant. For this, an oval medallion with a mirror monogram of the letters NS for Nicolaas Pancras is shown: the lobe-like frame is crowned by a mask. Under the medallion lies on the plinth a skull above crossed bones. The medallion is anchored by two weeping children's figures, one of which has covered the head with a drapery. He is wearing a club, the other an inverted, extinguished torch as a symbol of death. The medallion is flanked by laurel branches, the monument by palm leaves. The front part of the flat top side of the compartment is hinged and has a shell-shaped knob with which it can be opened. The faceted handle of the spoon extends to the round end, and is adorned with a lip. He is connected with praise only to the egg-shaped container
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