MATCHBOX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The background of the matchbox is yellow in color. Around the edge is a scroll in blue with a red flower in each corner on both top and bottom. In the center of the top is a circular openwork medallion in jade carved with a figure. On the bottom is a blue enamel medallion.
- Object name:
- MATCHBOX
- Made from:
- Enamel -- brass -- jade
- Made in:
- China
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 4 x 6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.218
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- MARK impressed on bottom: China
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973