BOX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The box is tubular in shape with channeled sides and ends. There are two covers, one on each long side. They are differentiated as one is inlaid with a diamond shaped piece of black wood. The other has a small knob in the same manner. The interior is lined with tortoiseshell and a piece of tortoiseshell is used as a button to make two compartments.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Pollarded wood -- tortoiseshell
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- ca. 1800
- Size:
- 8.6 × 3 cm (3 3/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 34.18
- Class:
- WOOD
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973