RECTANGULAR BOX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The body of the small rectangular box is plain. The ivory cover is carved in imitation of a basket weave frame. Across the center of this cover a gold band which is inscribed. Around the edge is a band of gold and outside this is a band of ivory decorated with small dots. There is a small gold thumbpiece. The interior is lined with velvet in the lower half and set with a mirror in the cover.
- Object name:
- RECTANGULAR BOX
- Made from:
- Gold -- ivory -- velvet -- mirror
- Made in:
- Germany
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 1.1 × 6 × 2.2 cm (7/16 × 2 3/8 × 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.124
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION Wilhelmine Across center on band
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973