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Snuff box

Snuff box
 1774-1775

Medium
gold
Measurements
(a-b) 2.8 × 7.4 × cm diameter (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
(a) punched (vertically) inside box base u.c.: (crown) / L
punched inside box base u.c.: (half sunburst) (crown) / (fleur-de-lys) / ּ ּ / O(maypole)B
punched (inverted) inside upper rim: (Mercury's head)
punched (vertically) outside of upper rim: (half sunburst) (crown) / (fleur-de-lys) / ּ ּ / (...illeg.)
(b) punched inside of lid u.c.: (half sunburst) (crown) / (fleur-de-lys) / ּ ּ / (...illeg.)
punched (vertically) inside lid: (...illeg.)
Accession Number
425.a-b-D5
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1962
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Paris Punch Marks for 1774-5, Maker's mark of Phillipe Bourlier.