Snuffbox with miniature of sleeping Endymion and Selene

Medium

Gold and composition; tortoiseshell; ivory

Dimensions

1 1/4 × 3 in. (3.2 × 7.6 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Kate Read Blacque, in memory of her husband, Valentine Alexander Blacque, 1937

Accession Number

38.50.8a, b

Rights

Public Domain

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