Title: Salt and pepper boxes
Object type: Salt and pepper boxes
Date: 1770–71
Artist:  Edme-Pierre Balzac 
Artist bio: 1705–ca. 1786, master 1739, recorded 1781
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall (.274a, b): 1 7/8 × 3 × 3 3/8 in. (4.8 × 7.6 × 8.6 cm);
Overall (.275a, b): 2 1/2 × 3 × 3 3/8 in. (6.4 × 7.6 × 8.6 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