Snuffbox

P.M.C.

Miniatures by Philippe Ernst Schindler (the younger)

ca. 1770

Not on view

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Title: Snuffbox
Maker: P.M.C.
Artist: Miniatures by Philippe Ernst Schindler (the younger) (1723–1793)
Date: ca. 1770
Culture: possibly Austrian, Vienna
Medium: Gold, enamel
Dimensions: 1 3/4 × 3 3/8 in. (4.4 × 8.6 cm)
Classifications: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Miniatures
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1022
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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