Rijksmuseum

Snuffbox

Date: c. 1752
Medium: gold (metal)
Culture: Paris
Institution: Rijksmuseum

The flowers on this box are in opaque painted enamel émail peint, whereas the leaves are in translucent enamel émail en basse-taille, which allows the engraved metal background to be seen through a clear, thin glaze of enamel.

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