Title: Sealing wax case (étui)
Object type: Étui
Date: 1777–78
Artist:  Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Choconain-Delauney 
Artist bio: master 1775, recorded 1793
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Gold and enamel
Dimensions: Length: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 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