Snuffbox
Object type: Snuffbox
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Jean-Joseph Barrière
Artist bio: French, apprenticed 1750, master 1763, active 1793
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1782
Medium: Gold, enamel, diamonds, glass
Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (8.6 x 6cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917