Silver Gilt Mammoth Tooth Snuff Box
George Gordon & Co.
(English)
about 1830
(not assigned)Chennai, India
Medium/TechniqueSilver and mammoth tooth
DimensionsOverall: 7 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit LineKeith McLeod Fund with the generous assistance of Richard Milhender
Accession number2014.870
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver-gilt
InscriptionsMarked "GG & Co." (George Gordon & Co.)Provenance1985, sold by Robert E. Seaver, New York, to Richard Milhender, Boston; 2014, sold by Richard Milhender to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)
about 1840
about 1840
12th century
12th century