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: 1776–77
Medium: Gold, enamel
Dimensions: 3 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.9 x 5.7cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917