CIGARETTE BOX

Made by: Cartier

On view in: Dacha

About this object

On the cover, an oval carved intaglio in red agate depicts Hyllus attacking Eurytheus. This scene is framed by a narrow black enamel band with a tiny diamond at both the top and the bottom. At either side is an applied ornament in the shape of a stylized leaf set with tiny diamonds and sapphires. The cover is edged by a band in red enamel with a meander motif and a thin line in dark blue enamel on the inner side. A square floweret in white gold set with diamonds and a sapphire in the center adorns each corner. A very small thumbpiece is set with tiny diamonds. The box rests on stylized bracket feet.

Category:

goldwork

Object name:

CIGARETTE BOX

Made from:

Gold -- silver -- enamel -- agate -- diamonds -- sapphires -- cedar

Made in:

New York, USA

Date made:

ca. 1930

Size:

H. 2 1/4 × W. 5 1/2 × D. 3 1/4 in. (5.7 × 14 × 8.3 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

11.247

Class:

GOLD

Signature marks:

MARK: Cartier in script and the number 1994 engraved [On the inner edge] INSCRIPTION: KPW MOY [on intaglio]

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973

Displayed in exhibition:

Natural Beauties: Exquisite Works of Minerals and Gems

Featured in publication:

"A Taste for Splendor: Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum"