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: 1770–71
Medium: Varicolored gold
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (3.8 x 8.9 x 4.8cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Bequest of Kate Read Blacque, in memory of her husband, Valentine Alexander Blacque, 1937
Accession year: 1938