Collection of Applied Arts

HU

221. Snuffbox

Snuffbox
Snuffbox
Origin date: 18th century
Origin place: France
Material: copperplate
Technique: painted enamel
Inventory No.: 55.209.1

A box with undulating moulded sides and a domed lid. The lid is decorated with the story of the Finding of the Infant Moses, with three female figures. On one long side Moses is shown with the Tablets of the Law, on the reverse the praying Moses, and on the base beside the Burning Bush. The inside of the lid depicts the meeting of an angel and a young man.