Print, Design for Two Snuffboxes, Three Watchcase Lids, and Three Wall Brackets

This is a Print. It was designed by François de Cuvilliés the Elder. It is dated 1745 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 24.7 x 18.7 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.) Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed upper left, in plate: 18me. Livre.; Printed upper center, in plate: C.P.S.C.M. / Livre D'Ornemens a divers usages, Nouvellement / jnventé par françois de Cuvilliés, premier / Architecte de S.A.S.E. de Baviere. / Gravé par Cuvilli[és] le fils; upper right: S.; Printed lower center, in plate: Se vend a Paris chez le Sr. Poilly ruë St. Iacques, a / l'jmage St. Benoit, Avec Privilege du Roy / ét chez l'auteur.; Printed lower right, in plate: 1

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