Snuff Box | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1999.306.35
People: Thomas Tysoe, British, English
Title: Snuff Box
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 1690
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/187047

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, carnelian

Dimensions

1.9 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm (3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
25 g

Inscriptions and Marks

maker's mark: interior of base, struck: T.T [below a crown] [Jackson, p. 145, line 11]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: David Berg, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg
Accession Year: 1999
Object Number: 1999.306.35
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Rectangular with canted corners, base and engraved with foliate scrolls, the slightly domed hinged cover set with an oval cabochon carnelian and enclosed by putti amid foliage, all within dog tooth and acanthus borders.

Publication History

Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), p. 82, cat. no. 82, repr. p. 82, details repr. p. 82

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1999.306.35: Snuff Box