Collection of Applied Arts

HU

194. Shell formed snuffbox

Shell formed snuffbox
Shell formed snuffbox

with hunting scene

Origin date: 18th century
Origin place: France,
Material: copper
Technique: enamelled, gilded
Inventory No.: 55.199.1

Shell-shaped box. Enamel on copper with gilt-metal mounts. The exterior is decorated with radiating ribs imitating a scallop shell, with floral motifs added on one side. The interior is painted in polychrome with a boar-hunting scene, including mounted and foot hunters with dogs.