Snuffbox with portraits of Henry VIII and and Jane Seymour with presentation inscription

I. A. (unidentified)

1805–6 · Red and yellow gold; enamel · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The portraits are of Henry VIII (b. 1491, r. 1509, d. 1547) and his third wife, Jane Seymour (ca. 1508–1537), mother of Edward VI of England.

Artist

I. A. (unidentified)

Date

1805–6

Medium

Red and yellow gold; enamel

Culture

British, London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917