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BOX
BOX
34.19.1-2
Unknown
ca. 1800
The bos is round with a detachable cover. It is covered on the outside and on the bottom with a vertical striped design in straw. There is a tortoiseshell lining to the cover. In the center of the...
FRAME WITH PORTRAIT OF ELLA LETITIA MERRIWEATHER POST
FRAME WITH PORTRAIT OF ELLA LETITIA MERRIWEATHER POST
34.2
Grinling Gibbons (Circle of)
c. 1700
The frame has a rectangular opening now set with a more recent inner frame with an oval opening containing a portrait of Ella Letitia Merriweather Post (51.150). At the top is an eagle with...
OBLONG BOX
OBLONG BOX
34.20
Unknown
19th c.
The rectangular box has rounded corners. The cover is inlaid with two gold initials in script that are interlaced and surmounted by a nine pointed coronet. The interior is carved to hold two...
NECESSAIRE
NECESSAIRE
34.21.1
Jos. SauerWein & Company (Jeweler)
1845
The box is in dark wood that is inlaid in an elaborate pattern of engraved brass, mother-of-pearl, ivory and silver. These decorative motifs cover the top, sides of the box and the frame for the...
SANDBOX AND COVER FROM NECESSAIRE
SANDBOX AND COVER FROM NECESSAIRE
34.21.22-23
Jos. SauerWein & Company (Jeweler)
1845
The compartment at the right has one large and three small sections, the former having a boule cover, is empty. The three small compartment were for the sandbox, an inkwell, a silver seal, and an...
INKWELL FROM NECESSAIRE
INKWELL FROM NECESSAIRE
34.21.24-25
Jos. SauerWein & Company (Jeweler)
1845
The compartment at the right has one large and three small sections, the former having a boule cover, is empty. The three small compartment were for the sandbox, a silver seal, an inkwell and an...
SEAL FROM NECESSAIRE
SEAL FROM NECESSAIRE
34.21.26
Jos. SauerWein & Company (Jeweler)
1845
The compartment at the right has one large and three small sections, the former having a boule cover, is empty. The three small compartment were for the sandbox, an inkwell, a silver seal and an...
BRUSH FROM NECESSAIRE
BRUSH FROM NECESSAIRE
34.21.30
Jos. SauerWein & Company (Jeweler)
1845
The compartment at the back has a hairbrush and a clothes brush with boule decoration on the backs. Also a folding metric measure in ivory or bone. This brush is rectangular in shape with no...
BRUSH FROM NECESSAIRE
BRUSH FROM NECESSAIRE
34.21.31
Jos. SauerWein & Company (Jeweler)
1845
The compartment at the back are a hairbrush and a clothes brush with boule decoration on the backs. Also a folding metric measure in ivory or bone. This brush is rectangular in shape with a long...
TEA CADDY
TEA CADDY
34.22.1-5
Unknown
1780-1800
The tea caddy is oval in shape with a domed cover. The base is rectangular with incurving sides that rise to form a knop that supports the caddy. The work box and cover are made in several types...
DIORAMA
DIORAMA
34.23.1-2
Unknown
Late 19th c.-Early 20th c.
The sides of the box are covered in paper that is painted to represent lapis lazuli. On the cover is a shadowbox scene. There is a view of Whitehall in the background and in the foreground are two...
BOX
BOX
34.24.1-2
Unknown
ca. 1875
A round black box made from an imitation of ebony. It opens into two sections. Around the inner edge is a pressed decoration in imitation of turning created from a type of metal. Inside the...