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Source Description
The snuffbox is of maple root rimmed and lined with tortoiseshell. Beneath the clear glass cover is an ivory relief applied to a blue glass ground backed with silver foil tooled in a basketwork design. The relief shows overlapping profile busts of Louis XVI and his queen, Marie-Antoinette. The monarch wears a collar ornamented with fleurs-de-lys and the Order of the Golden Fleece; a diadem and a double strand of pearls adorn the queen. The composition is reminiscent of a design by C. H. Küchler on the obverse of a silver medal of 1793 commemorating the end of the French monarchy.
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Document identity
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3195
label
Snuffbox with Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
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object
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1
Source metadata
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3195
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object
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normalized
title
Snuffbox with Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
description
The snuffbox is of maple root rimmed and lined with tortoiseshell. Beneath the clear glass cover is an ivory relief applied to a blue glass ground backed with silver foil tooled in a basketwork design. The relief shows overlapping profile busts of Louis XVI and his queen, Marie-Antoinette. The monarch wears a collar ornamented with fleurs-de-lys and the Order of the Golden Fleece; a diadem and a double strand of pearls adorn the queen. The composition is reminiscent of a design by C. H. Küchler on the obverse of a silver medal of 1793 commemorating the end of the French monarchy.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1820
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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snuffboxes
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
8.7
height
2.8
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 3 7/16 × D: 1 1/8 in. (8.7 × 2.8 cm)
Source extras
med
maple root with ivory set in blue glass, silver foil, tortoiseshell
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6229
collection_ids
EAN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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