CARTOUCHE-SHAPED BOX

Creator(s): Sandoz (Firm) , Gustave-Roger Sandoz (Jeweler)

Currently in storage

About this object

A small cartouche shaped box which is hinged. It is made from soft glass. The glass lid has a design of straight lines which imitates a shell. The glass is set in gold which forms the edge and hinge. The bottom is glass as well.

Object name:

CARTOUCHE-SHAPED BOX

Made from:

Rock crystal -- gold

Made in:

Paris, France

Date made:

late 19th-early 20th Century

Size:

5.1 × 6 cm (2 × 2 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

11.245

Class:

GLASSWARE

Signature marks:

MARK G.R. SANDOZ [on inner edge]; maker's mark, two eagles heads to right (gold guarantee for small works, 1838-1919) [Front left side]

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973