Snuff Box
1837-1838
Artists
Description
Oblong with slightly bulging sides, the hinged cover with plain thumb-piece.
Dimensions
4.5 x 6.4 x 4.1 cm (1 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, Bequest to Fogg Museum, 1966.
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