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Snuff Box

probably late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gold; contemporary silver-gilt mounts
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 7 x 4.5 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2058
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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
Meissen Manufactory
1745–50
Meissen Manufactory
about 1745–50
Snuffbox
Frankenthal Manufactory
1765–75
Snuffbox
Ludwigsburg Manufactory
1760–75
Meissen Manufactory
Porcelain: 1725–50?; Mounts: 1756–62
a-b
Mennecy Manufactory
about 1765–70
a-b
Mennecy Manufactory
About 1765–70
a-b
Chantilly Manufactory
about 1735
Meissen Manufactory
about 1750–55; mounts about 1750–56
Group shot: 65.1921-2
Chantilly Manufactory
about 1740
Group shot: 65.1921-2
Chantilly Manufactory
about 1740
Covered Tobacco Jar
Chantilly Manufactory
about 1730–40