Art Archive

Adrien Jean Maximilien Vachette

Adrien Jean Maximilien Vachette is associated with the goldsmithing and enamel work of late eighteenth-century France, a period in which small luxury objects such as snuffboxes were produced with exceptional refinement. His craft centres on gold and enamel, materials that allowed for precise metalwork and richly coloured surfaces. This archive holds a single example from his oeuvre, a snuffbox, dated to 1789 and executed in those same techniques.

1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Adrien Jean Maximilien Vachette — Snuffbox (1789–90)
Snuffbox (1789–90)
1789–90 · Gold, enamel