Snuffbox

Unknown

ca. 1750 · Gold, enamel, hardstones, mother-of-pearl · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Like most German boxes, this one is unmarked; its exotic decoration applied in fragments of tinted mother-of-pearl is thought to be Berlin work.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1750

Medium

Gold, enamel, hardstones, mother-of-pearl

Culture

German

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973