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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
11.11
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...
CASE FOR SCISSORS AND THIMBLE
CASE FOR SCISSORS AND THIMBLE
11.112.1
Unknown (Maker)
after 1798
The red leather case shaped to hold the scissors and thimble is tooled in gold and is lined on one side with red velvet and on the other side with red silk.
SCISSORS
SCISSORS
11.112.2
Unknown (Goldsmith)
after 1798
The scissors have steel blades with gold handles composed of two rings attached to the blades by pieces carved in two color gold with flowers and scrolls.
THIMBLE
THIMBLE
11.112.3
Unknown (Goldsmith)
after 1798
The thimble has a leaf rinceau carved in two color gold. The rest of the thimble is punched except for a shield for initials.
PERFUME BOTTLE
PERFUME BOTTLE
11.114
Unknown
ca. 1840
The perfume bottle is urn-shaped. It has a gold cap and a glass bottom. The bottom is engraved with trefoil ornaments on the glass. The gold hinged cap has a large diamond in the center at the...
PERFUME BOTTLE
PERFUME BOTTLE
11.115
Unknown
19th c.
The body of the perfume bottle is tear-shaped, flattened and scalloped in silhouette. It has a gold cap and a glass bottom. On one side of the glass is an oval medallion containing an engraved...
RING
RING
11.116
Unknown (Jeweler)
ca. 1793
The bezel of the ring is a plain oval and contains the image of a feather similar to an ostrich plume. This is done in hair on a white ground and is framed by a dark blue enamel band inscribed in...
PERFUME BOTTLE
PERFUME BOTTLE
11.117
Unknown
ca. 19th c.
The perfume bottle is made from blue glass and gold. It is urn-shaped with a foot and wide facets at the top. The body is somewhat flattened and is covered with chased gold openwork representing a...
ROUND BOX
ROUND BOX
11.118
Unknown
18th c.
The round glass box is mounted with thin gold bands chased with vines and scrolls. The bands are attached to the edges and bottom of the box. Centered on the lid is a circlet of bits of turquoise...
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...
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...