Snuff Box (Tabatière)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Snuff Box (Tabatière)

Chantilly Porcelain Factory (French) · c. 1745–1750

Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; gilded metal
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The enamels on this box are no longer applied flat without shading as was typical of early production at the Chantilly factory, but have been painted in a way that suggests depth through depictions of light and shadow.

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