Snuffbox
Object type: Snuffbox
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Saint-Cloud
Artist: Saint-Cloud factory
Artist bio: French, mid-1690s–1766
Artist role: Factory
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1740
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain, gilt copper
Dimensions: H. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm.); Diam. 2 in. (5.1 cm.); L. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession year: 1974
Tags: Butterflies|Flowers