Snuff Box (Tabatière) with Portrait of Marie Antoinette

François Dumont1768

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Title: Snuff Box (Tabatière) with Portrait of Marie Antoinette
Creator: Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu (French), François Dumont (French, 1751-1831)
Date Created: 1768
Physical Dimensions: Image: 3.4 x 2.9 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.); Overall: 3.9 x 6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Provenance: Mrs. Edward B. Greene, Cleveland, Ohio.
Type: Enamel
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.408
Medium: watercolor on ivory in a gold and enamel box
Inscriptions: [Maker's mark of Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu, master goldsmith in 1768, inside cover], [Charge mark of Jean-Jacques Prévot, 1762-1768, inside cover], [Warden's mark of Paris, 1768-1769, inside cover], [Discharge mark of Julien Alaterre, Paris, 1768-1774, on neck at right], [Inside box, the letter]: "F", [On bezel at left, engraved number]: "627", [On front of bezel, engraved signature]: "Ve Georges Beaulieu à Paris", [On right of miniature portrait, the letter]: "D"
Department: Decorative Art and Design
Culture: France, 18th century
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene
Collection: Decorative Arts
Accession Number: 1957.408

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