PATCH BOX

Creator(s): Nikolai Strulev (Goldsmith)

On view in: Icon Room

About this object

This agate and gold box was used to keep patches, or beauty spots, a face adornment popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Box and cover are both in agate with a narrow frame in gold.

Object name:

PATCH BOX

Made from:

Agate -- gold

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1883-1899

Size:

3.7 x 4.7 cm (1 7/16 x 1 7/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

11.109

Class:

GOLD

Signature marks:

MARK on rim: St. George and the Dragon left, 56, NS in Cyrillic twice (for Strulev Nikolai Fedorovich 1883- after 1908)

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973