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Circular Snuffbox With Portrait Miniature (England)

This is a Circular snuffbox with portrait miniature. It was painted by Villers. It is dated 1793 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is watercolor on painted on ivory horn, carved ivory, engine-turned foil backing paper; brass, paper. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 2.5 x 7.2 cm (1 x 2 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Villers f 1793

Cite this object as

Circular Snuffbox With Portrait Miniature (England); Painted by Villers (French, active ca. 1781–93); watercolor on painted on ivory horn, carved ivory, engine-turned foil backing paper; brass, paper; H x diam.: 2.5 x 7.2 cm (1 x 2 13/16 in.); Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt; 1931-6-85-a,b

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