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SHIELD-SHAPED BOX
SHIELD-SHAPED BOX
11.125
Unknown (Jeweler)
18th c.
The shield-shaped box is made in spar as is the cover. The mounting is made in carved and engraved gold with rococo scrolls and other motifs. On the cover is an elaborate setting in white and...
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
11.131
Unknown (Jeweler)
1848-1852
A rectangular gold box with an oval medallion in the center of the cover. In the medallion are the interlaced initials FR VII surmounted by the royal crown made in silver set with diamonds. The...
PRESENTATION BOX
PRESENTATION BOX
11.134.1-2
William Hamy (Maker)
1823
Beneath the raised border of acorns that encircles this round box appears a band of musical instruments - a lyre, violin, drums, trumpets, tubas, violins, and harps, with sprays of leaves between...
GOAT-SHAPED BOX
GOAT-SHAPED BOX
11.135
Unknown (Goldsmith)
ca. 1760
The curved box is shaped like a mountain goat trussed up and lying on his side. It is cut from two pieces of brown agate, one for the body and one for the cover. The eyes, horns, ears and collars...
ROUND BOX
ROUND BOX
11.17.1-2
Unknown (Jeweler)
1781-1782
The painted glass plaque on the cover of this box portrays Catherine the Great in the guise of Minerva, an allusion to her strength as a bellicose ruler as well as to her image as an enlightened...
BROOCH WITH CAMEO OF CATHERINE II AS MINERVA
BROOCH WITH CAMEO OF CATHERINE II AS MINERVA
11.207
Unknown (Engraver)
after 1789
Cameo depicts Catherine II in profile facing to the right. She is shown in the guise of the goddess Minerva, wearing a classical helmet with laurel leaves crowned with an image of the sphinx. The...
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...
NOTEBOOK (CARNET) WITH PENCIL
NOTEBOOK (CARNET) WITH PENCIL
11.30.1-2
Unknown (Goldsmith)
mid 18th Century
The carnet is made in the shape of a book. Both the front and back covers have frames in gold, composed of two reeded gold borders over which there is a vine scroll and swags of leaves and flowers...
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
11.49
Abraham Forstedt (Goldsmith)
Before 1861
The shape of the box is bombe, flat at the back and bulging forward. The center of the cover is enamelled in a translucent blue against a moire guilloche ground. Mounted upon this is a bouquet of...
FRAME WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA
FRAME WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA
11.54.1
Cartier (Firm)
c. 1910
The wide area around the opening is covered with green enamel over engine turning and edged white enamel. Below are two applied crossed sprays of laurel in chased silver. At the top of the frame...