The Mid-Century Tea-Party Snuff Box

A studio photograph of a mid-century modern snuff box, circa 1955, designed with the minimalist, industrial aesthetic of a Stig Lindberg ceramic piece. The object adopts the form of an 18th-century porcelain snuff box: an ornate, scalloped, and hinged oval container with a distinct base and lid. However, the materials and execution are entirely mid-1950s. The exterior is crafted from matte, powder-blue stoneware with a smooth, chalky texture. The decorative scene inside the lid, which usually features delicate Rococo painting, is reinterpreted as a stark, abstract charcoal...