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Circular snuff box
Claude Pierre Pottier1779
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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Details
- Title: Circular snuff box
- Creator: Claude Pierre Pottier
- Date Created: 1779
- Type: Circular snuff box
- Rights: Gift of Anonymous Donor
- Medium: Gold, opalescent glass, metallic foil
- Provenance: Anonymous Donor
- Exhibitions: "Body Language: Jewelry and Accessories from the National Design Museum," Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, March 14-August 21, 1994.
- Dimensions: H x diam.: 2.5 x 7 cm (1 x 2 3/4 in.)
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