Snuff Box with Figures
late 18th century
Maker Unknown
Decorative Art and Design
Snuff Box with Figures, late 18th century. Continental, (France), late 18th century. Watercolor on ivory, wood and tortoiseshell with painted miniatues under glass and gilt metal mounts; overall: 4.2 x 8.9 x 7.5 cm (1 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.599
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on ivory, wood and tortoiseshell with painted miniatues under glass and gilt metal mounts
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4.2 x 8.9 x 7.5 cm (1 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed on funerary urn: "ci GIT" and below a scull and crossbones.
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1916.599
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Exhibitions
- Rococo, Revolution, Restoration, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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