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Snuffbox

Applied Arts
Inventory number
2021.1.29.6ab.AA.BX.C1795.FR
Description
Round tortoiseshell box consisting of two parts - the lid and the bottom, embellished on the top with a round watercolour on ivory miniature portrait of a woman after French Revolution, dressed in a striped jacket with cut steel buttons with white collar, and wearing an imposing set of jewellery with large pending earrings and a necklace with black beads. Her hair is adorned with a pink bonnet bow.
Materials
Tortoiseshell
Watercolor on ivory
Brass
Origin
circa 1795 France
Dimensions
Width : 8 cm
Length : 8 cm
Height : 2.5 cm