Title: Pair of pepper boxes
Object type: Pepper boxes
Date: 1745–47
Artist:  Edme-Pierre Balzac 
Artist bio: 1705–ca. 1786, master 1739, recorded 1781
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver, partly gilt
Dimensions: Overall (each): 1 13/16 × 2 9/16 × 3 1/4 in. (4.6 × 6.5 × 8.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY