Snuff box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1715 - 1774
Materials
tortoiseshell, gold
Measurements
41 mm (H)78 mm (W)45 mm (D)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247150
Summary
Snuff box, c.1715-74. Tortoiseshell with gold scrollwork in Rococo design, inlaid with gold pins, piqué point, France.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey miniatures and small objects in the strong room, page 115.
