BOX
Creator(s): Carl Helfried Barbé (Jeweler)
About this object
A network of cabochon turquoises, laid in even rows along the top, bottom, and sides, covers this gold box. A larger turquoise surrounded by a curving row of stones forms the thumbpiece. All the stones are set individually in a regular bezel setting.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Gold -- turquoise
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- c. 1810
- Size:
- 4 x 9.8 x 4.9 cm (1 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.104
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- MARK BARBE [Inside lid and bottom]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973