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Snuff box
1774-1775
Medium
gold
Measurements
(a-b) 2.8 × 7.4 × cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1962
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
(a) punched (vertically) inside box base u.c.: (crown) / L
punched inside box base u.c.: (half sunburst) (crown) / (fleur-de-lys) / ּ ּ / O(maypole)B
punched (inverted) inside upper rim: (Mercury's head)
punched (vertically) outside of upper rim: (half sunburst) (crown) / (fleur-de-lys) / ּ ּ / (...illeg.)
(b) punched inside of lid u.c.: (half sunburst) (crown) / (fleur-de-lys) / ּ ּ / (...illeg.)
punched (vertically) inside lid: (...illeg.)
Accession Number
425.a-b-D5
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Paris Punch Marks for 1774-5, Maker's mark of Phillipe Bourlier.