CARTOUCHE-SHAPED BOX
Creator(s): Sandoz (Firm) , Gustave-Roger Sandoz (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
A small cartouche shaped box which is hinged. It is made from soft glass. The glass lid has a design of straight lines which imitates a shell. The glass is set in gold which forms the edge and hinge. The bottom is glass as well.
- Object name:
- CARTOUCHE-SHAPED BOX
- Made from:
- Rock crystal -- gold
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- late 19th-early 20th Century
- Size:
- 5.1 × 6 cm (2 × 2 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.245
- Class:
- GLASSWARE
- Signature marks:
- MARK G.R. SANDOZ [on inner edge]; maker's mark, two eagles heads to right (gold guarantee for small works, 1838-1919) [Front left side]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973