BOX
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The lid is covered with black enamel banded in white. In the center is a round medallion edged in two narrow white bands containing St. George and the Dragon in monochromatic sepia. The sides of the box are engine-turned. The inside and bottom are lined with wood.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Silver -- enamel -- wood
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- early 20th-mid 20th Century
- Size:
- 4 x 11 x 7.9 cm (1 9/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.618
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK Minerva's head struck twice- mark struck on large silver articles of .950 fineness, in use from 1838 to 1973; Maker's mark in a lozenge- partially illegible [On sides of lid and box] MONOGRAM M C [On medallion]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973