- Titles Tabatière en Cage (Alternate)
- Artist Enamel plaque painted by, Pierre-Henri Sturm, Switzerland, born Geneva 1785 - died Paris 1869
- Medium eighteen carat gold, chased, with enameled decoration and an enameled metal plaque
- Dimensions 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (2.2 x 9.8 x 7.3 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.239.2010.1-.2
- Work Type snuff box
- Classification Containers
- Signature 1) on the bezel, the Paris standard mark for the years 1809/19 - a cockerel and the standard number 3 within a hexagon; 2) on the bezel, the Paris excise mark for the years 1809/19 - a lion's head within a circle; 3) and 4) inside the box on the right side and on the bottom, the Paris standard mark for the years 1795/97 - a boar's head and the standard number 3 within a circle; 5): inside the box on the right side, an indecipherable mark; 6) inside the box on the bottom, an indecipherable maker's mark within a lozenge (not clearly struck)
- Marks 1) on the bezel, the Paris standard mark for the years 1809/19 - a cockerel and the standard number 3 within a hexagon; 2) on the bezel, the Paris excise mark for the years 1809/19 - a lion's head within a circle; 3) and 4) inside the box on the right side and on the bottom, the Paris standard mark for the years 1795/97 - a boar's head and the standard number 3 within a circle; 5): inside the box on the right side, an indecipherable mark; 6) inside the box on the bottom, an indecipherable maker's mark within a lozenge (not clearly struck)
- Inscription None
- Provenance William M. Spencer III (1920-2010), Birmingham, Alabama; by bequest to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art in 2010
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