Title: Snuffbox with portrait of Louis XVI (1754–1793), King of France
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Date: 1779–80
Artist:  Joseph Etienne Blerzy 
Artist bio: French, active 1750–1806
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Gold, enamel, diamonds; ivory, glass
Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (3.5 x 8.3 x 6.4cm); Miniature: oval, 1 1/4 x 1 in. (32 x 25 mm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Bequest of Edward C. Post, 1915
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Kings, term: Portraits