Snuffbox in the Form of an Envelope
Designed to look like an envelope, this snuffbox was presented to a lady-in-waiting at the Russian imperial court. It is “addressed” on one side “To her Excellency my lady Praskovia Grigor’evna Butakova, . . . St. Petersburg.” The other side of the box is “sealed” with a red w...
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Artifact
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14200
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object
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Saint Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
5
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import
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| imageCount | 5 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.769 |
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Genre
snuffboxes