Title: Snuffbox with six scenes of country pastimes
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Date: 1774–75
Artist: Box by Pierre François Drais 
Artist bio: French, 1726–ca. 1788
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Gold, glass; miniatures: gouache on vellum
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 1 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (3.5 x 8.5 x 6.4 cm); Miniaitures: Top, oval, 2 1/8 x 3 in. (53 x 74 mm); bottom, oval, 2 1/8 x 3 in. (53 x 74 mm); front 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); back 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); left side 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); right side 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Women, term: Party, term: Crowd