BOX
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
The rectangular box has sides that curve inward. The cover is set with a miniature of two lovers sitting in a garden after Boucher. This is surrounded by a border of red stones. The outside edge is engraved with a leaf rinceau and the base is engraved with a fret of rosettes. There is a thumbpiece in front.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Silver -- miniature
- Date made:
- mid 19th-early 20th Century
- Size:
- 7.2 × 5.1 cm (2 7/8 × 2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.205
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside: impressed 800 213; on edge: unidentified mark (could be cursive S in a circle)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973