Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory
Snuffbox

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Snuffbox
Datec. 1745
MediumPorcelain, silver, cut glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 2 × 1 3/4 in. (3.8 × 5.1 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number96.1540
Current Location
Rienzi
Isla'S Gallery
On view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Provenance[Klabber and Klabber]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III; given to MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History“Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, September 13, 2014–February 1, 2015.

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