Joseph Wolfgang Schmidt
Snuff Box

CultureAustrian
Titles
  • Snuff Box
Date1797
Made inVienna, Austria
MediumHardstone, gold mounted
Dimensions1 1/8 × 4 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (2.9 × 10.8 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. & Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number94.973
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III; given to MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History"Extravagant Objects: Jewelry and Objets d’Art from the Masterson Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, November 18, 2017–July 26, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Maker's mark on interior: "IWS" and sticker "B30351 SHS1.1./255GMO/VIENNA 1790".

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Vase with Cover
19th or 20th century
Hardstone (jade?)
96.1651.A-.C
Figure of a Poodle's Head
David Webb
1958
Gold, hardstone base
94.1031
Cup
Enamelled hardstone, gold
96.1280
Epergne
William Cripps
1754
Silver
2010.35.A-.J
Patch Box
late 18th century
Ivory, gold mounted, unidentified stone
94.1003
Flower Study of a Lily of The Valley
Hardstone, nephrite, gold, diamonds
96.1304
Flower Study of a Lily of The Valley
Hardstone, nephrite, gold, diamonds
96.1303
Flower Study
Hardstone, nephrite, gold, diamonds
96.1299
Flower Study
Hardstone, nephrite, gold, diamonds
96.1300
Flower Study of Narcissus
Hardstone, nephrite, gold
96.1268
Flower Study of a Strawberry
Hardstone, nephrite, gold
96.1266
Flower Study of Lily of Valley
Hardstone, nephrite, gold
96.1269