Snuffbox

Description

Oval-shaped, gold-mounted snuffbox of dark tortoise-shell, with a miniature of Prince Charles Edward Stuart on the lid, said to have been painted at Rome in 1776

Museum reference

H.NQ 273

Object name

Snuffbox

Production information

Rome, Lazio, Italy, Southern Europe

Date

1776

Materials

Tortoiseshell, Gold

Physical description

Tortoise-shell; gold-mounted

Associations

Depicted: Charles Edward Stuart, Prince, 1720 - 1788
L. Pecheux