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Snuffbox with the Altar of Love
1776-1777
"ciselé" gold, painted and "basse-taille" enamel
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The box is decorated with an enameled scene of two maidens and a youth standing by the Altar of Love.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 1/8 x 2 5/16 in. (2.9 x 5.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.86