Table snuffbox
Object type: Table snuffbox
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Russian, probably Velikiy Ustyug
Artist: Jacques de Lajoüe
Artist bio: French, Paris 1686–1761 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1745–50
Medium: Green Turban snail shell; gilded, matted, punched, and engraved silver; niello
Dimensions: Overall: 2 1/4 × 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (5.7 × 10.5 × 6.4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver In Combination
Credit line: Purchase, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, and Rogers Fund, 1995
Accession year: 1995
Tags: Triton