Snuffbox with scene of peasants picnicking on a riverbank near a village
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Swiss
Artist: F. J., Switzerland|Edmé Charles de Lioux de Savignac
Artist bio:  |French, active ca. 1766–72
Artist role: Maker|Artist
Artist nationality:  |French
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Gold, enamel; paper
Dimensions: Overall (box): 3 5/16 × 2 7/16 in. (8.4 × 6.2 cm);
miniature, oval: 2 × 2 3/4 in. (5.1 × 7 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Buildings|Trees|Farmers