Snuff box
about 1810
Object PlaceSwitzerland
Medium/TechniqueMetal
Dimensions1.74 x 5.88 x 8.57 cm (11/16 x 2 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of Delia Spencer Field
Accession number49.1781
On View
Not on viewClassificationsGold
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; 1949, gift of Mrs. Beveridge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1949)
18th century
18th century
about 800–750 B.C.
about 800–750 B.C.
about 1200–1000 B.C.
about 1840
1798–1809
1777
about 1760