BOX
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
A round box made in shell. It is mounted in gilt metal, possibly copper. It is pique all over in gilt with a small abstract design applied in a medallion on the lid under glass. It is a monogram made in gilt metal. It is florid and interlaced. It is topped by a crown and applied to a ground of woven greyish hair or basketwork.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Gilt metal -- shell -- basketwork -- glass -- hair
- Made in:
- Austria
- Date made:
- 19th Century
- Size:
- 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.138.1-2
- Class:
- SHELL
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM in center: PSCR
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973