snuffbox
Object NameCovered Snuff Box
Maker
Guerre
Made Fromglass, paint, cardboard,
Dateabout 1850
Place MadeFrance
Techniqueblown, reverse-painted
SizeD: 7.2 cm
Accession Number69.3.36
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, reverse-painted. (a) Flat, circular form; slightly convex glass top, with reverse-painted portrait of a woman, wearing a tiara, elaborate earrings, dress with lace bodice; rounded brass frame band; brown cardboard sides with stamped foliate scrolls; inside lined with cream- colored paper; oval printed paper label with double line border, inscribed "GUERRE/46, Rue de Rivoli./Paris.". (b) Similar form; with similar brass base rim and brown cardboard sides with stamped decoration; cream-colored sleeve, and inner lining; green paper-covered bottom.Provenance
Source
Sallie E. Skyberg
1750-1800
about 1760
