Object Detail
Description
snuff box, oval hinged case engraved with a central monogram ‘DB 1 December 1803’.
Maker and role
silversmith: Jean-Michel-Joseph Soroge (b.1798, d.1806)
Production place
Paris, France
Production date
circa 1803
Media description
Sterling silver
Measurements
25 x 77 x 44 mm
Inscriptions
Maker: JM LS with star in a lozenge. Also the head of a Greek woman with the number “1” — a mark of the Association of Gold and Silversmiths (Les Corporations d’Orfèvres) and used between 1794-1797. tardy (International Hallmarks on Silver) 1993, English edn, p188, states that although of no value as a guarantee, this mark is found 50 years later on some Paris objects.
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A1055
TJC reference number
1361
