Tortoiseshell snuff box with portrait of Caroline Bonaparte

Made:: 1800-1820 in France

maker:: Unattributed

Tortoiseshell snuff box, circular
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Tortoiseshell snuff box, circular, detachable lid with hand painted portrait of Caroline Bonaparte, probably made in France, 1800-1820

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A47861

Materials:: tortoiseshell, rim, gold and lid lining, brass

Measurements:: height 28 mm
overall: diameter 67 mm
well: diameter 60 mm

type:: snuff box

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Tortoiseshell snuff box with portrait of Caroline Bonaparte

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