Snuffbox

Attributed to Daniel Baudesson
Possibly by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 545

Baudesson worked in Berlin at the court of Frederick the Greak, whose own collection of snuff boxes was extragavant both in size and taste. Although neither marked nor signed, this box has all the features of others inscribed with the names of Baudesson and Chodowiecki.

Snuffbox, Attributed to Daniel Baudesson (1716–1785, working 1730–80), Gold, enamel, diamonds, German, Berlin

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Snuffbox, Attributed to Daniel Baudesson (1716–1785, working 1730–80), Gold, enamel, diamonds, German, Berlin
Snuffbox, Attributed to Daniel Baudesson (1716–1785, working 1730–80), Gold, enamel, diamonds, German, Berlin
Snuffbox, Attributed to Daniel Baudesson (1716–1785, working 1730–80), Gold, enamel, diamonds, German, Berlin

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