Snuffbox in the Form of an Envelope

1765-1785

8.5 cm 3.5 cm 6.5 cm

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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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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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