Snuffbox with Judgment of Solomon

early 18th century

6.8 cm 4.9 cm

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The box is of the typical shape of those made early in the reign of Louis XV. The scene must have been taken from a Dutch, or perhaps Flemish, drawing and is carved in ivory with the Judgment of Solomon. The ivory bottom of the box is carved with a Baroque scroll.A rather simi...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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