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Snuff Box Snuff Box
This is a Snuff box. It is dated 1800-1810 and we acquired it in 1967. Its medium is three-color gold, vitreous enamel, silver, old-mine cut diamonds. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Anonymous.
It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- Side Chair (France)
- carved and joined mahogany-veneered wood, tapestry (seat, back).
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1931-95-15
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 1.8 x 8.5 x 6.4 cm (11/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
It has the following markings
Three Swiss "pseudo" marks on inside of lid, two rubbed, one a sunburst
Cite this object as
Snuff Box Snuff Box; France; three-color gold, vitreous enamel, silver, old-mine cut diamonds; H x W x D: 1.8 x 8.5 x 6.4 cm (11/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor; 1967-48-15
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Virtue in Vice.
