Title: Perfume burner (one of a pair)
Object type: Perfume burner
Date: probably ca. 1770
Artist:  Matthew Boulton 
Artist bio: British, Birmingham 1728–1809 Birmingham
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Derbyshire spar, tortoiseshell, and wood; Carrara marble base, gilded brass mounts, gilded copper liner
Dimensions: wt. confirmed: 13 × 5 5/8 × 5 5/8 in., 11.6 lb. (33 × 14.3 × 14.3 cm, 5.3 kg)
Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Credit line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Sphinx