Snuffbox

1743-1744

This sumptuously jeweled box is engraved with Rococo scroll and floral motifs.

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Title: Snuffbox
Creator: François Joseph Marteau (French, active 1720-1759)
Date Created: 1743-1744
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Roles: Metalworker: François Joseph Marteau (French, active 1720-1759)
Provenance: Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Object Type: snuffboxes
Medium: gold, rubies (or spinels), emeralds (or beryls), diamonds, mounted in silver
Inscriptions: [Maker's mark] On interior bottom and interior front face: crowned fleur de lis with two grains or dots over F M and three leaf symbol; [Mark] On interior bottom and interior front face: hand; [Mark] On interior bottom and interior front face: crowned C; [Mark] Struck on out upper lip on left side: fox or dog facing left; [Mark] Struck on outer upper lip on left side: ET in rectangular shield or box
Geography: Birth Location: Metz, Place of Origin: Paris
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: H: 1 9/16 x W: 3 7/16 x D: 2 3/8 in. (4 x 8.8 x 6 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters
Classification: Gold, Silver & Jewelry
Accession Number: 57.165

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