Table snuffbox

Jacques de Lajoüe

Date

ca. 1745–50

Type

Table snuffbox

Medium

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

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

1995.327

Credit

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