Title: Table snuffbox
Object type: Table snuffbox
Date: ca. 1745–50
Artist: Niello scenes after a print entitled Naufrage (Shipwreck) by Jacques de Lajoüe , published in Paris 1736
Artist bio: French, Paris 1686–1761 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Triton