Snuffbox in the Form of an Envelope

1765-1785

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States

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Title: Snuffbox in the Form of an Envelope
Creator: Russian
Date Created: 1765-1785
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: Russian
Provenance: Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Saint Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: snuffboxes
Medium: porcelain with overglaze and gold
Inscriptions: [Transcription] ╨ò╨╡ ╨ƒ╤Ç╨╡╨▓╨╛╤ü╤à╨╛╨┤╨╕╤é╨╡╨╗╤î╤ü╤é╨▓╤â ╨│╨╛╤ü(╤â)╨┤(╨░)╤Ç(╤ï)╨╜╤ú ╨╝╨╛╨╡╨╣ ╨ƒ╤Ç╨░╤ü╨║╨╛╨▓╤î╨╡ ╨ô╤Ç╨╕- ╨│╨╛╤Ç╤î╨╡╨▓╨╜╤ú ╨ó╤â╤é╨░╨╗╨╛╨▓╨╛╨╣ ╨ö╨▓╨╛╤Ç╨░ ╨╡╨│╨╛ ╨ÿ╨╝╨┐╨╡╤Ç╨░╤é╨╛╤Ç╤ü╨║╨░- ╨│╨╛ ╨Æ╨╡╨╗╨╕╤ç╨╡╤ü╤é╨▓╨░ ╤ä╤Ç╨╡╨╕╨╗╨╕╨╜╤ú ╨▓ ╨í╨░╨╜╨║╤é╤è ╨ƒ╨╡╤é╨╡╤Ç╨▒╤â╤Ç╨│╨╡; [Translation] To her Excellency my lady Parascheve GrigorΓÇÖevna Tutalova, lady-in-waiting at the court of His Imperial Majesty in Saint Petersburg
Exhibitions: Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984.
Dimensions: H: 1 5/16 x W: 3 3/8 in. (3.3 x 8.5 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters
Classification: Ceramics
Accession Number: 48.769

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