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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...
RECTANGULAR BOX
RECTANGULAR BOX
11.140
Unknown (Jeweler)
c. 1755
A rectangular hinged box. The bottom part of the box is cut from a single piece of bloodstone and is undecorated except for the beveled edges. The cover is a flat piece of bloodstone also with...
RECTANGULAR BOX
RECTANGULAR BOX
11.145
Unknown (Jeweler)
1738-1838
The box is rectangular and the bloodstone surface is cut allover to simulate basketweave. Applied to the cover is an oval medallion in painted enamel with a scene with a prophet or gospel (Moses?)...
GOLD AND BLOODSTONE SNUFFBOX
GOLD AND BLOODSTONE SNUFFBOX
11.146
Unknown (Goldsmith)
1784
The shape of the box is rectangular with the corners cut off. This creates ten panels of bloodstone enclosed in a gold cage. The top and sides of the cover are bordered by intertwined vines, one...
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
11.15
Unknown (Goldsmith)
late 18th Century
An oval hinged box. The cover has an oval medallion containing the painted enamel figures of Cupid and Psyche "en camaieu" and a reclining putto offering them a spray of flowers. The whole is...
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...
NOTEBOOK (CARNET)
NOTEBOOK (CARNET)
11.18.1-3
Antoine Louis Anthiaume (Goldsmith)
1784-1786
The shape of the carnet is almost rectangular. The top portion lifts up to reveal a gold pencil and three ivory leaves. On the front near the top is the word "Souvenir" in script outlined in...
PHOTOGRAPH CASE
PHOTOGRAPH CASE
11.187
Cartier (Firm)
1927-1928
The photograph case is rectangular in shape. Except for the cover, the case is plain gold outside. The cover is set with lapis lazuli except for the center, which is set with a central plaque of...
NOTEBOOK (CARNET)
NOTEBOOK (CARNET)
11.188
Unknown
19th c.
A rectangular carnet de bal. The front, the back, and the spine have plaques of mother-of-pearl piqué with small criss-cross designs in gold. All the edges of the carnet are reeded gold. On the...
HATPIN
HATPIN
11.197
Unknown
19th c.-20th c.
A small hatpin. Mounted on the end of the pin is a cube composed of panels of bloodstone secured in a gold setting. The gold has a fine scalloped design.