Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory
Snuffbox

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Snuffbox
Datec. 1755
MediumSoft-paste porcelain, silvered copper
Dimensions1 1/2h × 2 1/4w × 1 3/4d inches

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number96.1542
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Provenance[Simon Sero, London]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III, October, 1992; given to MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History“Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, September 13, 2014–February 1, 2015.

"Extravagant Objects: Jewelry and Objets d’Art from the Masterson Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, November 18, 2017–July 26, 2018.

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