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Box from Dressing Table Set
Box from Dressing Table Set
12.610.1-2
Reed and Barton (Manufacturer)
ca. 1930
Plain silver with striped engine turning alternating with plain stripes on lid, MPD in vertical reserve in center. Gilded inside.
Box from Dressing Table Set
Box from Dressing Table Set
12.610.3-4
Reed and Barton (Manufacturer)
ca. 1930
Plain silver with striped engine turning alternating with plain stripes on lid, MPD in vertical reserve in center. Gilded inside.
Sugar Tongs
Sugar Tongs
12.611
Unknown
19th c.
Claw ends, stylized leaf pattern along both sides. "Post" in reserve on one side. Couls be from her mother's silver.
Sugar Tongs
Sugar Tongs
12.612
Reed and Barton (Manufacturer)
20th c.
Tong ends are clam shell shaped. Border is neo-classical with bell flowers and stylized leaves at end.
Cake Knife, one of two
Cake Knife, one of two
12.613.1
Reed and Barton ((Possibly))
20th c.
Border of handle is neo-classical with bell flowers and stylized leaves at end.
Cake Knife, one of two
Cake Knife, one of two
12.613.2
Reed and Barton ((Possibly))
20th c.
Border of handle is neo-classical with bell flowers and stylized leaves at end.
MATCH BOX
MATCH BOX
12.621
Heuvel & Co., Inc. (Jeweler)
1935-1938
Small rectangular shaped box. The front is decorated with the Post coat of arms in red, green and white enamel. The rest of the box is plain silver.
Lorgnette
Lorgnette
12.622
Unknown
ca. 1930
Silver lorgnette fitted with spring mechanism in handle from which unfolds the collapsible eyeglasses. The handle is enriched with black champleve enamel panels with fan shaped cut-outs on one...
BELL PUSH
BELL PUSH
14.100
Edward F. Caldwell & Company, Inc. (Maker)
20th c.
The bell push is oval in shape. The base is made from ormolu in openwork with a leaf scroll extending from a vase on all four sides. The feet are also in openwork and suggest a Chinese style. On...
BELL PUSH
BELL PUSH
14.101
Edward F. Caldwell & Company, Inc. (Maker)
20th c.
The bell push is made with a round pinkish marble base set in ormolu. On this sits an ormolu cupid who is holding an ormolu basket filled with enamel leaves and fruit made from pearls and glass...
BELL PUSH
BELL PUSH
14.102
Unknown
20th c.
The bell push is made from gilt metal. It is cylindrical in shape and is vertically reeded on the sides and horizontally on the top. The push in the center is a rounded piece of turquoise. The...
FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST AS MARIE ANTOINETTE
FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST AS MARIE ANTOINETTE
14.103.1
Edward F. Caldwell & Company, Inc. (Maker)
before 1935
The white marble base of the frame has a step back near the two rounded ends. The frame itself is made from ormolu with an elaborate design of leaves and clusters of flowers, which intertwine...