Snuffbox
Object type: Snuffbox
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu
Artist bio: apprenticed 1752, master 1768, active until 1792
Artist role: Maker
Date: 1764–65
Medium: Gold, enamel
Dimensions: 1 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. (4.4 x 7.9 x 6cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Portraits|Women