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Rectangular Snuffbox
1757-1759
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Each side of this snuffbox features a panel enameled en plein surrounded by framework of chiseled gold and translucent guilloche enamel. The panel on the cover represents Diana resting after the hunt. Various beasts and a reclining nymph with bow are depicted on the body of the box.
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Details
- Title: Rectangular Snuffbox
- Creator: French
- Date Created: 1757-1759
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: French
- Provenance: Collection of Charles J. Wertheimer; Sale, Christie's, London, May 8 1912, no. 34; acquired by George Harding, London, 1912 (?); purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
- Object Type: snuffboxes
- Medium: gold with translucent guilloche enamel and opaque painted enamel
- Inscriptions: [Maker's mark] On interior lid, base, and proper right side: crowned fleur de lis with two dots and two illegible letters (second probably "M"); [Warranty mark] crowned R&S; [Charge mark] stepped pyramid; [Discharge mark] On exterior of upper left rim: small shell
- Exhibitions: Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. 2015-2016.
- Dimensions: Closed H: 1 1/4 x W: 2 1/2 x D: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 x 6.3 x 3.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
- Classification: Gold, Silver & Jewelry
- Accession Number: 57.6
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