The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 18, 2025
Snuff Box (Tabatière)
1756–57
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
In the mid-1700s François-Guillaume Tiron worked alongside his brother, Jean-Marie Tiron, one of the most celebrated makers of gold boxes of the 18th century.Description
The miniature paintings that decorated snuff boxes were depicted in intricate detail requiring complex technical skill. This box’s miniatures are painted with enamel en plein, meaning the enamel has been applied directly to the metal of the box. A different enameling technique, basse-taille, is used to depict the doves and floral borders. Here, the gold has been chiseled away and filled with translucent enamel in order to produce a three-dimensional effect.- Milliken, William M. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 3 (March 1958): 35-94. reproduced P 61 25142265Milliken, William M. "Annual Report Issue for the Year 1957." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 6 (June 1958): 159-90. Accessed March 26, 2020. mentioned P 168 25142278
- The Magic of Still Life. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1986-February 1, 1987).CMA, October 21, 1986-March 8, 1987: The Magic of Still Life, no cat.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.125