BOX
Creator(s): Cartier (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
On plain top is an applied gilt panel containing a photograph of the Sea Cloud. On each side is a blue cabochon stone within an abstract tree like motif. Corners of the box are rounded. Box rests on two narrow, rectangular plaques of lapis lazuli at either end. Lined in wood. In Art Deco style.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Silver -- lapis lazuli -- cabochon -- gold -- photograph -- wood
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- 1938-1973
- Size:
- 3.5 x 16.7 x 8.6 cm (1 3/8 x 6 9/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.395
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK on inner edge of front: CARTIER 637 or 657
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973