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SNUFFBOX

Creator(s):

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom


About this object

The bloodstone body of this boat shaped box has a pointed prow, and straight back. The lid is flat and shows a landscape made in openwork chased in gold. The scene is of a tall spindly tree in the center with a house and sailboat, all with a chinoiserie flavor. The scene is surrounded by rococo scrolls. Three bands of similar scrolls descend from the rim down to the body to a small circle at the bottom. The thumbpiece is scalloped.

Object name:
SNUFFBOX
Made from:
Gold -- bloodstone
Made in:
London, England
Date made:
c. 1750
Size:
1 3/8 × 1 3/4 × 2 5/16 in. (3.5 × 4.4 × 5.9 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
11.144
Class:
GOLD
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973