Egg-shaped ""Bonbonnière"" (Candy Box)

ca. 1750 H: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm) Citation Source image

Alongside snuffboxes, a woman in the 18th century might also have owned and used a variety of small containers such as an étui [needle case], nécessaire [case for small useful objects], vinaigrette [perfume container], or bonbonnière [candy box]. With all these objects functio...

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Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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