Box, Snuff
name: label: Artist
content: Aubert
notes: label: Physical Description
content: Round ivory snuff box with a ballooning scene painted on ivory set into the lid. The scene represents the launch of the first small Charliere gas balloon from the Champ de Mars, August 27, 1783. A small applauding crowd is gathered, and two men are shaking hands. The hydrogen generating barrels are shown. The painting is signed 'Aubert,' and is under glass in a copper alloy frame. The box is made from multiple pieces of ivory glued together. Bands of a different shade of ivory are inset into the edges of the box. A small circle of tortoise shell is inset into the bottom of the box.
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A20140469000
objectType: label: Type
content: ART-Miscellaneous
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Box, Snuff
label: Dimensions
content: Overall (Dia. x W): 8.9 × 2.2cm (3 1/2 × 7/8 in.)