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BOX

Creator(s): Jean Schlumberger (Designer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The box is shaped like a sphere with the bottom cut off so that it will stand. It opens where the equator should be. The top is set with 13 small cabochon pieces of turquoise.

Object name:
BOX
Made from:
Ivory -- turquoise
Made in:
France
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
3 cm (1 3/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
36.40.1-2
Class:
IVORY
Signature marks:
SIGNATURE underneath: Schlumberger
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973