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SHELL-SHAPED SNUFFBOX
SHELL-SHAPED SNUFFBOX
11.1
Unknown (Jeweler)
1722-1727
The shape of the hinged box is the simplified outline of a cockleshell. Both the top and the bottom are covered in mother-of-pearl. An applied vase at the cover's center holds flowers in gold with...
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
11.10
Unknown (Goldsmith)
late 18th Century
The oval box is hinged. The cover and sides are set withe oval medallions containing chased gold motifs in low relief set against an opaque pink enamel and topped by swags of chased gold flowers...
PEN HOLDER
PEN HOLDER
11.101
1908-1917
Holder is enamelled royal blue over a guilloche zig-zag pattern, with a white geometric collar at top, executed in champleve enamel. Place for pen is in gold, ribbed. At opposite end there is a...
CIGARETTE HOLDER
CIGARETTE HOLDER
11.102
Fabergé (Attributed to)
1908-1917
Mouthpiece in amber. Rest is in gold enameled in royal blue over a guilloche ground with a ring at each end of green gold garland against red gold.
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
11.11
Charles Le Bastier (Jeweler)
1774
An oval hinged box. The cover bears an applied medallion containing a painted enamel scene with a young woman and a young man. They have placed flowers on a round pedestal at the left on which...
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
11.12
Unknown (Miniaturist)
1776
An oval hinged box. The center of the cover is (was) set with a miniature in a raised gold frame with white dots simulating pearls. The miniature is of a young man facing to the right, wearing a...
VINAIGRETTE (CONTAINER)
VINAIGRETTE (CONTAINER)
11.120
Unknown (Jeweler)
c. 1820
The hinged box is kidney shaped. On the cover is a spaniel in painted enamel. This is framed by pearls. The bottom is edged by a band of abstract motifs, and within are overall hazy diamond shapes...
BOX IN THE SHAPE OF A LADY'S HEAD
BOX IN THE SHAPE OF A LADY'S HEAD
11.122
Unknown (Goldsmith)
ca. 1760
Carved from honey-colored agate, this box in the form of a woman's head must have been a sentimental trifle. Around the neck, an inscription on white enamel reads "Marchez sur roses et pensez à...
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
11.127
Unknown (Jeweler)
19th c.
The oval box has a scalloped edge. The cover has a floral spray made from diamonds set in silver, which is surrounded by twelve large diamonds, all on a matte gold ground. The lobed sections of...
RECTANGULAR BOX
RECTANGULAR BOX
11.128
Jean-François Bautte & Cie (Jeweler)
ca. 1840
A hinged rectangular box with a scalloped edge. The cover is set with a rectangular panel of an Italian mosaic which represents an italianate landscape. There are two small figures and grazing...
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
11.13
Jean-Jacques Barrière (Attributed to)
1777
An oval hinged box. The cover has an oval medallion containing a painted enamel scene. It shows a seated youth playing a musical instrument while two women kneel beside him at the right. This is...
BRACELET, ONE OF TWO
BRACELET, ONE OF TWO
11.130.1
Unknown (Jeweler)
c. 1840
Set in the center of the bracelet is a miniature of King Wilhelm Friedrich IV of Prussia encircled with diamonds in an open setting. The tapering bands are adorned with a diamond-set crowned eagle...