Snuffbox

Gilles Langlois (French)

About 1750–52

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueGold, enamel

Dimensions3.17 x 5.08 x 6.98 cm (1 1/4 x 2 x 2 3/4 in.)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Accession number1976.822

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On view

ClassificationsBoxes

Collections

Europe

Provenance1928, Félix Doistau (b. 1846 - d. 1936), Paris; March 18-19, 1928, Doistau sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 110. August 21, 1929, sold by Galerie Founès, Paris, to Robert Treat Paine, 2nd (b. 1861 - d. 1943), Boston; until 1976, by descent within the family; 1976, anonymous year-end gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1977)