Snuffbox
Object type: Snuffbox
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Date: 1768–75
Medium: Gold and composition; tortoiseshell
Dimensions: Overall: 1 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (3.2 × 8.9 × 6.4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Bequest of Kate Read Blacque, in memory of her husband, Valentine Alexander Blacque, 1937
Accession year: 1938