Snuffbox mounted with two miniatures
date: label: Date
content: 1768–75
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Box, circular, with detachable cover; black lacquer on papier maché inlaid with all-over diaper design in mother-of-pearl with green, blue and purple iridescence; on cover, within gold frame, a hinged oval miniature of a lady in a blue gown, on ivory under glass; a concealed spring releases this and discloses a hidden miniature of a man with powdered hair wearing the blue ribbon of an order and an ermine bordered red robe, painted on ivory, under glass in a very narrow gold frame; border of cover and of main miniature gold engraved with guilloche design; plain molded gold rims; box and cover lined with tortoiseshell.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1967-48-13-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Snuffbox mounted with two miniatures
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Mother-of-pearl, chased gold, inlaid lacquered tortoiseshell, hand-painted watercolor on ivory, glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 3.3 x 7.9 cm (1 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)