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Snuffbox

about 1760-1765
Object PlaceBerlin, Germany
Medium/TechniqueAgate body, gold mounts, enamel decoration on rim.
Dimensions5.08 x 9.37 cm (2 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of Delia Spencer Field
Accession number48.1333
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBoxes
Collections
ProvenanceProbably acquired in Europe by Delia Spencer (Mrs. Marshall) Field (b. 1854 - d. 1937), Paris and Washington, DC; by inheritance to her niece, Catherine Spencer Eddy (Mrs. Albert J.) Beveridge (b. 1881 - d. 1970), Beverly Farms, MA; 1948, gift of Mrs. Beveridge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1948)
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