BOX
Creator(s): Abraham Forstedt (Goldsmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The shape of the box is bombe, flat at the back and bulging forward. The center of the cover is enamelled in a translucent blue against a moire guilloche ground. Mounted upon this is a bouquet of roses with a ribbon framed in diamonds set in silver. Flanking this are two larger diamonds within a border of forty five diamonds. The edge of the cover is repousse with floral scrolls on stippled ground. The thumbpiece is set with a blue cabochon and tiny diamonds. The sides of the box are repousse and chased with further foliate motifs. The base is engraved with a central bouquet of flowers within scrolling floral designs.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel -- diamonds -- silver
- Date made:
- Before 1861
- Size:
- 7.2 × 8.9 cm (2 7/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.49
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- MARK crossed anchors and scepter for St. Petersburg; 72 gold standard; A.F for Abraham Forstedt inside on bottom MARK crossed anchors, 72 right edge of box MARK A.F left edge
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973