Snuffbox

Museum number:

7-3162a,b

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21073162a@2cb

Alternate number:

1416A (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.374

Description:

snuff box w/lid; tortoise shell w/miniature in gold mounting; Nathaniel Green. 3" dia., 1" h., closed

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

England

Verbatim coll. place:

England; unspecified

Collector:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Materials:

Tortoise shell

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Miniature (size attribute)

Function:

5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories

Accession date:

1909

Department:

Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)

Loans:

S2001-2002 #2: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 10, 2001–July 11, 2001) and S2001-2002 #6b: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (June 10, 2002–January 15, 2003)

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