Snuffbox with portrait of a woman
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Claude Héricourt
Artist bio: apprenticed 1745, master 1763, active 1785
Artist role: Maker
Date: 1769–70
Medium: Gold, heliotrope; ivory
Dimensions: Overall: 1 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 5/8 in. (4 × 7.9 × 6.7 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Credit line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Accession year: 1948
Tags: Portraits|Women