Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The background of the rectangular box has an allover checkuered design in niello. On the cover within an oval is a monogram in an oriental language and below it military trophies. On the bottom is an oval with floral scrolls in niello.
- Made from:
- Silver -- niello
- Made in:
- Turkey
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 6 × 9.5 cm (2 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.98
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK; MONOGRAM; INSCRIPTION inside lid are two oriental hallmarks: pq, script F; inscription on lid in Arabic means: There is no God but God, and Mohammed is his prophet
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973