CARTOUCHE-SHAPED BOX
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
A small cartouche shaped box which is hinged. It is made from soft glass. The glass lid has a design of straight lines which imitates a shell. The glass is set in gold which forms the edge and hinge. The bottom is glass as well.
- Object name:
- CARTOUCHE-SHAPED BOX
- Made from:
- Glass -- gold
- Made in:
- Switzerland
- Date made:
- 1839-1919
- Size:
- 5.1 × 6 cm (2 × 2 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.245
- Class:
- GLASSWARE
- Signature marks:
- MARK On inner edge: C.R. SANDOZ; front left side: diamond shape mark, two eagles heads to right (gold guarantee for small works, 1838-1919)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973