BOX (BONBONNIÈRE)
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
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 left pointing at a round altar between them. They are dressed in togas. This is possibly a Roman temple with Vestal virgins. The medallion is framed by two rows of half pearls, next to them is a band of dark blue guilloche enamel within which is a vine scroll intertwined with a string of beads. Next is a plain band of white enamel and at the edge are large half pearls linked by a molded gold vine with enameled green leaves and red berries. The sides and bottom have a similar decorative scheme but no scene.
- Object name:
- BOX (BONBONNIÈRE)
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel -- pearls
- Made in:
- Switzerland
- Date made:
- ca. 1790
- Size:
- 13/16 × 3 in. (2.1 × 7.6 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.14.1-2
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- MARK struck three times inside box and lid: Crowned P (imitation of a Paris warden's mark); No. 1247 incised on inner rim LABEL label removed from box: KOH// M. 2019 FR: The Hawkins Collection 250:0:0
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973