Tobacco box

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The box is rectangular, its lid and underside each set with a brass cartouche of elaborate shape. The cartouche on the lid has a scene almost identical to that on 57.108.9, with some small variations in the background and clothing. The scene on the underside is likewise similar to that on the bottom of 57.108.9; only the pose of the couple varies. The inscriptions on both lid and underside are the same as those on 57.108.9, and the cartouches are also surrounded by leaf scrolls. Rims are lined, edges are molded, and leaf scrolls ornament the borders and front side as well as the ends. The back side has geometrical decoration.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art