PRESENTATION BOX
About this object
Rhodonite box is rectangular, with corners cut off to make it octagonal. Gold mounting is undecorated. On lid is a relief carved in gold of the double headed eagle with the imperial crown and a rose cut diamond set in a shield. About the eagle is a circlet of small diamonds.
- Object name:
- PRESENTATION BOX
- Made from:
- Gold -- diamonds -- rhodonite
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1790-1800
- Size:
- 1 × 2 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (2.5 × 7 × 4.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.103
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- MARKS [illegible] 2 [in a square], 179-, three letters [On inside edge of lid] MARK A [On outside rim]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973