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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
11.10
Unknown (Goldsmith)
late 18th Century
The oval box is hinged. The cover and sides are set withe oval medallions containing chased gold motifs in low relief set against an opaque pink enamel and topped by swags of chased gold flowers...
BOX
BOX
11.100
Unknown
19th c.
Main body of the box is carved from smoky quartz flat at back and bombe in front. Cover is also smoky quartz. Gold mounting has a diamond pattern around the sides and around the lid is carved...
CIGARETTE HOLDER
CIGARETTE HOLDER
11.102
Fabergé (Attributed to)
1908-1917
Mouthpiece in amber. Rest is in gold enameled in royal blue over a guilloche ground with a ring at each end of green gold garland against red gold.
BOX
BOX
11.105
Unknown
18th c.
Round box in smokey crystal with faceted surface both on lid and box. Hinge and mounting are gold. Chased with flowers at the opening
BOX
BOX
11.106
Unknown (Jeweler)
1855-1877
Agate box is shaped, curving inwards in the middle and has a plain gold hinge and thumbpiece. On cover is set a miniature in a circlet of miner's diamonds. Miniature is of Alexander II facing...
PATCH BOX
PATCH BOX
11.107
Unknown (Jeweler)
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Both oval box and cover in amethyst. Edge and hinge are in gold. Thumbpiece is a blue cabochon.
BONBONNIERE
BONBONNIERE
11.110
Unknown
20th c. (?)
Box is in red gold carved with leaves, daisies and formalized motifs. Lid is of smoky quartz set with heart shaped aquamarine in a black enamel frame surmounted by a bowknot in white gold set with...
BOX
BOX
11.111.1-2
Unknown (Jeweler)
19th Century
A round box with a detachable cover. The top and bottom of the box are made in agate, with the sides in gold. On the lid is a miniature portrait of Catherine II under crystal. This has a gold...
SCISSORS
SCISSORS
11.112.2, 11.112.1
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.
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...