Title: Snuffbox with theatrical scenes of a rope dancer and a puppet show
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Date: 1778–79
Artist: Box by Joseph Etienne Blerzy 
Artist bio: French, active 1750–1806
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Gold, enamel; vellum
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 1 1/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 5/8 in. (2.7 x 7.1 x 4.1 cm); Miniatures: (sight measurements) top 1 3/16 x 2 3/8 (3 x 6 cm.); bottom 1 3/16 x 2 3/8 (3 x 6 cm.)
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: Performance, term: Men, term: Women, term: Spectators, term: Dancers, term: Puppets