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JEWELRY BOX FROM A DRESSING TABLE SET

Creator(s): Aucoc (Firm)

Currently in storage


About this object

The silver surfaces of all pieces are chased with elaborate patterns of scrolls interspersed with shells, flowers, and acanthus leaves on a stippled ground. The upright pieces are topped by the crowned double-headed eagle of the Romanovs perched on an orb surmounted by the imperial crown. The bell, the tumbler, the candlestick, brush, mirror and tray all bear the applied imperial coat of arms instead of the imperial eagle in high relief.

Object name:
JEWELRY BOX FROM A DRESSING TABLE SET
Made from:
Silver gilt
Made in:
Paris, France
Date made:
ca. 1849
Size:
8 1/4 × 8 1/2 × 6 in. (21 × 21.6 × 15.2 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.188.3
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK; COAT OF ARMS AUCOC A.II on a rectangle and a lozenge with a cockerel above and C A under- both maker's marks of Jean-Baptiste-Casimir Aucoc (1796-1865) ; Mercury's head- export mark for gold and silver 1840-1879 Imperial coat of arms
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973