Snuffbox
1831-1832
Artists
Description
Oblong, the base, sides and hinged cover with continuous engine-turning, the cover with vacant rectangular cartouche and foliate thumb-piece.
Dimensions
1.6 x 7.3 x 4.1 cm (5/8 x 2 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.) 74.5 g
Provenance
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.
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