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Circular snuff box
Claude-Pierre Pottier, French, active 1778 - 18061779
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Circular, with detachable cover; gold, the cover, sides and base decorated with silhouette landscapes of trees and birds painted in puce color on silver foil under enamel; matte gold borders studded with small silver bosses; lined with silver foil stamped to simulate engine-turning, under amber-colored horn.
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- Title: Circular snuff box
- Creator: Claude-Pierre Pottier, French, active 1778 - 1806
- Date Created: 1779
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Stamped and rolled gold, cut opalescent glass, metallic foil
- Credit line: Gift of Anonymous Donor
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