Title: Tobacco Box
Object type: Box
Date: 1816
Culture: American
Artist:  John Erwin 
Artist bio: active ca. 1809–21
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (1.3 x 7 x 5.6 cm); 2 oz. 9 dwt. (76.8 g)
Credit line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Geography: Made in Baltimore Maryland  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY