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Snuffbox with the Family of Louis XV

J. J. Dailly (Jeweler)

Jean-Joseph Barriere (Jeweler)

1762-1767

gold, painted enamel
(18th and 19th Centuries )

The cover and base of this box are decorated with double portraits of the daughters of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska: on the cover, Madame Victoire and Madame Adélaïde; on the base, Madame Louise and Madame Sophie. The grandchildren of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska are depicted on the sides of the box: the duc de Berry, future Louis XVI, with a kite (on the front); Madame Clotilde holding a battledore and shuttlecock (on the left end); the comte d'Artois, future Charles X (on the right end); and the comte de Provence, future Louis XVIII (on the back). These enamel miniatures are related to portraits by Jean-Étienne Liotard, Jean-Martial Frédou, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, and François-Hubert Drouais.

Inscription

[Enameler] "Dailly" on each enamel panel on both interior of lid and base; [Goldsmith] Crowned Fleur-de-lis with two dots and the innitials J J B for J.J. Barrière on both interior of lid and base; [Date] Crowned Cursive "D" for 1767; [Assayer] Two entwined palm leafs for Jean-Jacque Prévost on both interior of lid and base.

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Zoé Victoire Talon, Comtesse du Cayla (1785-1852), Paris; Maurice Kann, Paris; Charles J. Wertheimer; Sale, Christie's, London, May 8, 1912, no. 14; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1999-2000	Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1984	Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

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France (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 1 15/16 x W: 2 1/2 in. (5 x 6.3 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1912

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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57.136

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Snuffbox with the Family of Louis XV

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Snuffbox with the Family of Louis XV

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Provenance Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Exhibitions

Geographies

Measurements

Credit Line

Location in Museum

Accession Number In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

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Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.