SNUFFBOX
Creator(s): Martial Bernard (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
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 of dark blue enamel framed with chased gold leaves. Outside this in a cartouche are gold stars against a dark blue enamel checkerboard that appear also on the sides and bottom of the box. The shape of the box is bulbous and scalloped and the borders of top and bottom are filled with chased vine scrolls.
- Object name:
- SNUFFBOX
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 19th Century
- Size:
- 9.5 × 5.6 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.23
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- MARK Head of old man with 5 to the right on a circle (indicating gold of medium fineness, 1798 to 1809); struck twice: A cockerel facing right within an oval (indicating lowest gold standard (18 cts) 1809-1819); Hexagonal mark, with man's head facing right (third standard mark for gold, France, 1838-1919) MONOGRAM; INSCRIPTION Engraved inside the lower edge: Martial Bernard-- Joaillier du Ministère des affaires Etrangères à Paris; on top of cover: A I
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973