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RECTANGULAR BOX
RECTANGULAR BOX
11.145
Unknown (Jeweler)
mid 18th-mid 19th Century
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...
BOX (BONBONNIÈRE)
BOX (BONBONNIÈRE)
11.14.1-2
Unknown (Jeweler)
ca. 1790
The box is round and has a cover which is detachable. An oval medallion is in the center of the cover and contains a scene in painted enamel. There is a man at the right and three females at the...
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...
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
11.16
Les Frères Souchay (Jeweler)
late 18th Century
The oval box is hinged. On the cover is an oval medallion containing a painted enamel scene of a pair of lovers in a garden looking at themselves in a mirror while two youths spy on them from...
FRAME WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF CROWN PRINCESS MARTHA OF NORWAY
FRAME WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF CROWN PRINCESS MARTHA OF NORWAY
11.178
Cartier (Firm)
1951
The frame has a square checkerboard pattern on facing sides and edges. Each square of the pattern is a truncated pyramid. At the top of the frame, in relief, is a crown with five points. The...
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...
SEAL
SEAL
11.209
Unknown
19th c.
The rectangular bloodstone seal has a cut intaglio with a coat of arms. It shows a shield for a baron, supported by a lion and a griffin with a motto on a banderole below and a crown above. The...
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
11.21
Daniel Marchand (Jeweler)
late 18th Century
The oval box is hinged. The cover, bottom and sides have panels with dark blue enamel over striped-engine turning. The one on the top has a small scale scene in painted enamel of a garden with a...
ROUND BOX WITH "AGAMEMNON'S CLAIM TO BRISEIS"
ROUND BOX WITH "AGAMEMNON'S CLAIM TO BRISEIS"
11.22
Louis Lacarrière (Jeweler)
1783-1784
A round box with a hinged cover. On the cover is an oval medallion containing a painted scene representing "Agamemnon's Claim to Briseis." A garland of green leaves and red berries in enamel on...
PERFUME BOTTLE
PERFUME BOTTLE
11.227
Unknown
ca. 1850
The perfume bottle is tear-shaped with hinges along the sides, and a long narrow neck. The glass bottle is entirely covered by a gold openwork cage of vines with a pair of birds and a nest on...
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
11.23
Martial Bernard (Jeweler)
19th Century
An oval shaped hinged box. On the cover is an oval medallion containing a crowned A with the Roman number I formerly attributed to Emperor Alexander I. This is in chased gold applied to the ground...