Snuff Box
Applied Arts
Inventory number
2025.5.27.3.AA.BX.C1810.FRDescription
Round snuff box composed of bone featuring a miniature portrait in oil on ivory of a young girl with short hair. The girl is dressed in a white dress, with a blue bow tied under her bust. She wears a gold necklace with a rectangular pendant and a pearl earring. The portrait is framed in 18K gold and the back and interior is set with tortoiseshell.Materials
IvoryGold
Oil paint
Tortoiseshell