Snuff Box

Metal

Red lacquer

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and seisei urushi (cooked lacquer) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; gold and shakudo (copper-gold alloy) fittings

Mahogany and brass

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against a cobalt blue ground, the central medallion on the cover with molded decoration under pale, sky-blue glaze

Olive wood

Carved ivory

Box with mounted Plexiglas wheel and various sample materials

Bronze

Lacquered wood with brass fittings and with inlays of mother of pearl, tortoiseshell, twisted wire, and metal filings

Silver