Small boxes for sweets in the shape of three-dimensional animals were popular gifts in eighteenth-century England.
Credit: Gift of Louise Knobloch, 1966
Probably early 19th century
Enamel on copper
4.1 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
66.43.1a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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