Title: Étui for sealing wax and case
Object type: Étui
Date: 1785–86
Artist:  Antoine-Louis Anthiaume 
Artist bio: French, master 1784
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Varicolored gold; shagreen
Dimensions: Length: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Bequest of Kate Read Blacque, in memory of her husband, Valentine Alexander Blacque, 1937
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals, term: Birds