ASHTRAY
Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
The round jade bowl has three legs in silver gilt decorated with stripes of dark blue enamel. Each leg is attached to the bowl with a tiny cabochon ruby and each foot has a tiny cabochon on the outside.
- Object name:
- ASHTRAY
- Made from:
- Jade -- silver gilt -- enamel -- rubies
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- c. 1935
- Size:
- 1 × 2 in. (2.5 × 5.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.160
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- HALLMARK: French hallmark for silver (boar's head) [On each leg] MARK: Cartier Paris Made in France [On one leg] SCRATCHED NUMBER: 9 / 2 [?] [On one leg]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973