Snuffbox with theatrical scenes of a rope dancer and a puppet show
1778–79
Box by Joseph Etienne Blerzy
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Maker/Artist
- Blerzy, Joseph Etienne
- Classification
- Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
- Medium
- Gold, enamel; vellum
- Dimensions
- Overall (confirmed): 1 1/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 5/8 in. (2.7 x 7.1 x 4.1 cm); Miniatures: (sight measurements) top 1 3/16 x 2 3/8 (3 x 6 cm.); bottom 1 3/16 x 2 3/8 (3 x 6 cm.)
- Departments
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- 17.190.1130
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Rights Statement
- public-domain
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