Snuffbox

About this work

This gold snuffbox has two painted scenes inside. The top shows four people in a kitchen: a woman in blue holding a baby, a girl in pink, and two boys—one in red and one in yellow—around a table. There’s a basket of bread, a jug, and a cat under the table. The bottom scene has a man in green and a woman in red, maybe arguing, with a dog and a basket of fruit. The gold edges have fancy swirls and small painted flowers. The colors are bright but look old, like they’ve been polished many times. Look up The Metropolitan Museum of Art to see more objects like this.