Snuffbox
Saint-Cloud Manufactory
(France)
1745–50; silver, 1744–50
Medium/TechniqueSoft-past porcelain decorated in underglaze blue, polychrome enamels, and gold; silver mounts
DimensionsOverall: 4.1 x 8.5 x 7cm (1 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/4in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.1887
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Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
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ProvenanceBy 1950, with Jas. A. Lewis & Son, New York; October 18, 1950, sold by Jas. A. Lewis & Son to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.(Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
