BOX
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
The round tortoise shell box has a detachable cover. The cover is pique in gold in the center with Oriental looking buildings and trees which are surrounded by a border of leaves alternating with tiny stars. The sides are pique in the same metal with scenes of ruins alternating with butterflies. On the bottom is another landscape encircled with a necklace of quatrefoils. The edges of the lid are covered in gold.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Tortoise shell -- gold
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- 18th Century
- Size:
- 4.1 × 5.6 cm (1 5/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.48.1-2
- Class:
- SHELL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION inside lid: C19878 as (in script), 20
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973