Oval snuff box with miniature
19th century
Artists
Dimensions
2.54 x 8.89 x 5.08 cm (1 x 3 1/2 x 2 in.)
Provenance
Stephen Bleecker Luce, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1962.
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