Title: Pair of salt or pepper boxes
Object type: Salt or Pepper boxes
Date: 1754–55
Artist:  Edme-Pierre Balzac 
Artist bio: 1705–ca. 1786, master 1739, recorded 1781
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall (each): 1 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (4.4 × 7 × 8.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Bequest of Edward C. Post, 1915
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY