Snuff or tobacco box
Dateca. 1720
MediumTortoiseshell; Silver; Gold (Silver-gilt); mother-of-pearl
DimensionsH: :5/8"; L: 3 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1971-240
DescriptionGilt lined silver; tortoiseshell plaque with silver and mother-of-pearl inlay.Label TextThis example is representative of a considerable group of early eighteenth-century oval boxes of shallow depth with externally hinged covers, inset with tortoise-shell plaques inlaid with silver and usually mother-of-pearl. The decorative technique is known as pique. The classical scene depicted on the cover is that of Diana turning Actaeon into a stag.ProvenanceSpink & Son Ltd., LondonAcquired by CWF in 1971.
1660-1710
ca. 1830
1750-1770
1780-1815
ca. 1730
1850-1870
ca. 1760
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