Snuff Box

Item Information

Title:
Snuff Box
Description:
A small round tortise shell trinket box. Its top is mounted with a silver band and painted with a view of "Sir William Johnson's House of 1733" in a detailed polychrome painting.
Date:
1760–1820
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
handmade
incising
oil paint (paint)
printing (process)
sterling silver
tortoise shell
silver (metal)
snuffboxes
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
commemoratives
houses
scenes (depictions)
Shell
Sterling Silver
Oil
Incised
Handmade
Transfer Printed
Scenic
House
Commemorative
Places:
New York
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Sir William Johnson House
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
1 in. x 3 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/2472
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.497AB
Identifier:
2472