About the Artwork
Snuffbox
18th century
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French
French
Silver
Height x width x depth: 1 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill
70.436
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Stamped on bottom: illegible maker's mark: __D, crowned; traces of another mark: pointed crown. Scratched on inside of lid: 42.
Provenance
Paul L. Grigaut, who gave it to Robert Tannahill as a gift
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University of Michigan Art Gallery, CONNOISSEUR'S CHOICE, 1969
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Credit Line for Reproduction
French, Snuffbox, 18th century, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.436.
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