Table snuffbox

Jacques de Lajoüe

Maker

Jacques de Lajoüe

Date

ca. 1745–50

Medium

Green Turban snail shell; gilded, matted, punched, and engraved silver; niello

Dimensions

Overall: 2 1/4 × 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (5.7 × 10.5 × 6.4 cm)

Form

Table

Culture

Russian, probably Velikiy Ustyug

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1995.327

Credit line

Purchase, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, and Rogers Fund, 1995