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Snuffbox

about 1760
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain with colored enamel decoration; gilt-metal mounts
DimensionsOverall: 4.3 x 8.2 x 6.6 cm (1 11/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2057
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Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
Snuffbox
Fürstenberg Manufactory
1754–68
Meissen Manufactory
about 1723
Sèvres Manufactory
dated 1779
Nymphenburg Manufactory
about 1775
Group shot: 65.2095a-b, 65.2096a-b
Meissen Manufactory
about 1730–35, gilt–bronze mounts, about 1745–49
Group shot: 65.2095a-b, 65.2096a-b
Meissen Manufactory
about 1730–35, gilt–bronze mounts, about 1745–49
Meissen Manufactory
about 1750–55; mounts about 1750–56
Snuffbox
Frankenthal Manufactory
1765–75
Snuffbox
Ludwigsburg Manufactory
1760–75
Teapot
Meissen Manufactory
about 1725
Snuffbox
Meissen Manufactory
1745–50
Group shot: 65.1859a-b, 65.1860a-b
Sèvres Manufactory
about 1763–68