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Snuff box

(GERMANY) (manufacturer)
Snuff box
 (late 18th century)

Medium
tortoiseshell, silver, silver plated copper

Measurements
(a-b) 2.5 × 6.2 cm diameter (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(Germany)

Accession Number
1656.a-b-D3

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
With inlaid silver top, round.

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