Snuff Box, France, 19th century, 1805
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1805
Snuff Box, France, 19th century, 1805 is an object recorded by Cleveland Museum of Art, dated 1805. The museum record gives material recorded as watercolor on ivory mounted on a box; measurements Box: 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Unframed: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.); place associated: France, 19th century; maker recorded: Jean-Urbain Guérin (French, 1760–1836).
These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- watercolor on ivory mounted on a box
- Dimensions
- Box: 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Unframed: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Portrait Miniature
- Maker recorded
- Jean-Urbain Guérin (French, 1760–1836)
- Place recorded
- France, 19th century
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- signed, lower right: J. Guérin f
Identification
- Museum attribution
- France, 19th century
- Museum object name
- Snuff Box
- Museum object number
- 2008.293.a
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.