An oval-shaped gold-cased snuffbox, decorated with a pattern in the form of smooth dots on a guilloche field of thin concentric lines and covered with royal blue enamel, with a hinged lid. In the center of the lid, framed by a chain of rose-cut diamonds in a silver setting, there is a round miniature depicting polychrome enamel based on the painting "The Girl Winding a Ball of Wool" or "Winding Wool" (La Dévideuse de laine) by French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze (August 21, 1725–March 21, 1805), painted in 1759. The miniature depicts a young girl sitting in half-profile and occupied with work — she is winding woolen threads into a ball. On her lap is a basket with threads, and on a small table nearby is a kitten that playfully reaches for the ball. The edge of the lid is decorated with a border of a polished gold groove, a strip of white enamel and an ornament of white enamel dots, red enamel flowers and ropes with green enamel leaves on a matted (canfarent) field. The rim of the lid and the lower edge of the side surface are decorated with a garland of green enamel leaves and white enamel dots. Under the lid, there is a compartment for tobacco with marks on the mirror-polished surface of the base and the lid. Guilloche plaques in frames of white enamel on the side surface are divided by images of trees with trunks made of white enamel dots and branches with green enamel leaves. The lower panel is decorated with a pattern in the form of a net of smooth dots on a field of guilloche concentric lines, under a layer of blue enamel and a border of a gold strip, a strip of white enamel, and an ornament of white enamel dots, red enamel flowers and ropes with green enamel leaves on a matted (canfarent) field.

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