Snuffbox with miniatures representing the Diversions of Love and dancing figure
miniatures ca. 1775, box ca. 1838–47
Miniatures by Jacques Joseph de Gault
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Maker/Artist
- Degault, Jacques-Joseph
- Classification
- Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
- Medium
- Gold; grisaille on enamel
- Dimensions
- Box: 1-3/8 x 2-3/4 x 2-1/8 in. (3.5 x 7.0 x 5.4 cm); Miniatures: Top, octagonal, 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (44 x 61 mm); bottom, octagonal, 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (44 x 61 mm); front 1 3/4 x 3/4 in. (43 x 18 mm); back 1 3/4 x 3/4 in. (43 x 18 mm); left side 3/4 x 1 in. (18 x 26 mm); right side 3/4 x 1 in. (18 x 26 mm); four chamfered corners, each 3/4 x 1/4 in. (18 x 7 mm)
- Departments
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- 17.190.1175
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
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