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CIGARETTE BOX
CIGARETTE BOX
11.247
Cartier (Firm)
c. 1930
On the cover, an oval carved intaglio in red agate depicts Hyllus attacking Eurytheus. This scene is framed by a narrow black enamel band with a tiny diamond at both the top and the bottom. At...
COMPACT AND LIPSTICK CASE
COMPACT AND LIPSTICK CASE
11.248
Cartier (Firm)
ca. 1920
This Cartier piece serves both practical and decorative purposes. The lipstick case and compact are both enameled in black and white with lapis lazuli and diamond accents. Each component...
BOX (BONBONNIÈRE)
BOX (BONBONNIÈRE)
11.25.1-2
J. G. Rémond (Attributed to)
c. 1790
A round box with a detachable lid. In the center of the cover is a miniature which shows a young woman in half-length, holding a small dog in her left arm. She wears a striped head scarf fastened...
EGG
EGG
11.26.1
Unknown (Jeweler)
c. 1884
The egg is made in gold openwork with elaborate scrolls, which are engraved, and have details picked out in royal blue enamel. The blue and gold is emphasized by a red silk lining seen through the...
CIGAR CUTTER
CIGAR CUTTER
11.27
Cartier (Firm)
ca. 1911
The cigar cutter is shaped somewhat like a pair of scissors. Outlining the handles and the blade is a narrow band of white enamel dots enclosing an area covered with bright green enamel. The tip...
SNUFFBOX WITH MINIATURE OF EMPRESS ELIZABETH I
SNUFFBOX WITH MINIATURE OF EMPRESS ELIZABETH I
11.29
Etienne-Lucien Blerzy (Jeweler)
mid 18th-early 19th Century
A rectangular hinged box. On the cover is a rectangular miniature of Empress Elizabeth I (Elizaveta Petrovna) of Russia seated at half length. She is wearing a blue sash probably of the order of...
HEART-SHAPED BOX WITH DUTCH SCENES
HEART-SHAPED BOX WITH DUTCH SCENES
11.3
François-Guillaume Tiron (Goldsmith)
1756-1762
This heart shaped box—one of two at Hillwood—displays tavern scenes in painted enamel in four sections. The rest of the surface is covered with chased gold rococo scrolls interspersed with...
PRESENTATION BOX
PRESENTATION BOX
11.31.1-2
Unknown (Goldsmith)
late 19th-early 20th Century
The round box has a detachable cover and is therefore identified as a bonbonnière. The cover is set with a bust-length profile portrait in enamel of Catherine II facing left. The composition...
BOX WITH CIPHER OF CATHERINE II
BOX WITH CIPHER OF CATHERINE II
11.32.1-2
Unknown (Jeweler)
19th Century
The gold box is circular. On the lid in turquoise blue enamel surrounded by rose-cut diamonds in an oval medallion with the cipher of Catherine II in rose diamonds. Above it is the imperial crown....
SNUFFBOX WITH A PORTRAIT OF FIELD MARSHAL ZAKHAR CHERNYSHEV
SNUFFBOX WITH A PORTRAIT OF FIELD MARSHAL ZAKHAR CHERNYSHEV
11.33
Georg Kuntzendorf (Attributed to)
1773
Most of the surface of the hinged oval snuffbox is decorated with dark blue transparent enamel over a guilloché ground and covered with small, six-pointed stars in white opaque enamel. Around...
BOX
BOX
11.35.1-2
Unknown
19th c.
Box is decorated with very fine turning and borders of vine scrolls engraved in gold. In center of lid is an enamelled link from a chain of St. Andrew with two P's. Above cipher is the imperial...
PRESENTATION BOX WITH CIPHER OF PAUL I
PRESENTATION BOX WITH CIPHER OF PAUL I
11.36
Unknown (Jeweler)
Late 18th c.
This rectangular, hinged box is made primarily of yellow gold, with accents of red gold. The lid features an oval medallion in dark blue translucent enamel with the cipher of Paul I, who ruled...