# Snuff Box (Tabatière) with Portrait of Marie-Thérèse of Austria

- By: Jean Petitot (Swiss, 1607–1691)
- By: Charles Le Bastier (French)
- Date: miniature, c. 1676; box, 1775–76
- Medium: Gold, enamel, and miniature
- Classification: Enamel
- Dimensions: Overall: 2.3 x 4.5 cm (7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.405)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.405/1957.405_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In 18th-century France, ornately enameled boxes that held snuff—powdered tobacco—became a popular accessory in the French court. This box is decorated with a miniature portrait of Marie-Thérèse of Austria, the queen consort of French King Louis XIV. Their union was largely political. A year into their marriage Louis XIV took an official mistress, Madame Pompadour.