Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The box is rectangular in shape. The lid is hinged. The sides are made from gilt metal which has been engraved in a zig zag pattern. The bottom is a single piece of agate. The cover is made froms two pieces of bloodstone and three pieces of striped agate that alternate in a striped pattern. There is a small thumbpiece.
- Made from:
- Gilt metal -- bloodstone -- agate
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 5.9 x 2.9 cm (2 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.57
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973