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Snuff Box Design

c.1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a snuff-box lid.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and wash
Brief description
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin. Design for the lid of a snuff box. Pen, ink, watercolour and wash. c.1750.
Physical description
Design for a snuff-box lid.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.5in
  • Width: 3in
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support and the Goldsmiths' Company
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938. London: The Board of Education, 1939.
Collection
Accession number
E.111-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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