Snuff box with relief head
19th century
Artists
Dimensions
5.4 x 7.94 x 3.81 cm (2 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Stephen Bleecker Luce, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1962.
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