Snuffbox

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Snuffbox
Datec. 1800
MediumWatercolor on glass, tortoiseshell, gilt-copper, composite material
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 3 1/8 dia. in. (2.5 × 7.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1718.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceCaroline Ross; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.

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