Heart-shaped snuffbox, ca. 1765–1770
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1765–1770
Snuffbox in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 17.190.1102), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Heart-shaped snuffbox”. The museum dates it ca. 1765–1770. The museum records the medium as Enameled copper and the dimensions as 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 5.7 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Bow and Arrow. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Enameled copper
- Dimensions
- 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 5.7 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Enamels-Painted
Identification
- Met object id
- 193796
- Museum object name
- Snuffbox
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1102
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
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