BOX
Creator(s): L. A. Boudin (Goldsmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The box is round and made from black lacquer. The lining of the cover and the rim of the lower half are made in gold. On the cover is a cameo in a grayish material against agate. The cameo is the bust in profile to the left of a general wearing a uniform with a high collar. He is decorated with the star of an order of "Saint Esprit" and two badges of the Order of Saint Hubert. The general may be Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Lacquer -- gold -- cameo -- agate
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1815
- Size:
- 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 35.2.1-2
- Class:
- LACQUER
- Signature marks:
- MARK on rim inside cover: Lion's head facing R on a circle (gold guarantee of large works, Paris 1809-1819); two maker's marks: one with the initials L, A, B on a lozenge (the mark of Boudin); L.A, inscribed in 1810; the other partially struck, unidentified; On the gold rim of the bottom: A cockerel in an hexagon facing L, a 3 to the L (Gold guarantee of the third class (750mm) Paris, 1809-1819; on back of cameo: C20305 LH
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973