Snuff Box

Julien Alaterre

About 1768

Titles Snuff Box (Descriptive)
Artist Julien Alaterre, French, active 1768-1773
Medium silver
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Walter Brower, 1967.219
Object Name snuff box
Classification Containers

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