#snuffbox

[livesunique]

The "Blue Study"

Zubov Wing, Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, Russia,

The Blue Study or 'Snuffbox' of Catherine the Great Designed by Scottish architect Charles Cameron in the 1780s.

[blondebrainpowered]

Snuffbox in gold and mother-of-pearl. Paris, France about 1740.

Maker's mark HA with the decharge mark of Louis Robin (working 1738-44).

Originally made for a member of the Rothschild family. It was seized by the Nazis during WWII and not returned to the heirs until 1999.

Now housed at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

[treasuresfromthearchives]

Snuffbox with Mother-of-Pearl Decoration

German

19th century

[daughterofchaos]

Detail of Snuffbox with Head of Bacchus

Micromosaic made in Rome (ca. 1804), box made in Paris (ca. 1809-1819)

Clemente Ciuli (Rome, active 1800–1850), Adrien-Jean Maximilien Vachette (France, 1753-1839)

Glass micromosaic, gold and enamel

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

[myhouseofartifacts]

Snuffbox, shell shaped, porcelain / silver, made by the Saint-Cloud Porcelain Factory, Saint-Cloud, France, c. 1750

[puppetsnuffer]

do you prefer puppets with glass or felt eyes

felt the majority of the time. if the puppet itself if made of a non-plush texture (wood, metal, harsher fabrics) then glass purely because i like the ‘tink-tink’ sound it makes when you tap on them. but i MUCH prefer plastic or bead ones.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Snuffbox, 1670, England.

[heaveninawildflower]

Snuffbox (French, 18th century).

Gold and metal.

Image and text information courtesy Carnegie Museum of Art.