BOX

Creator(s): Unknown (Workshop)

On view in: First Floor Library

About this object

The surface of the rectangular box is veneered with tortoise shell. There are strips of ivory around the edges which are held in place by other strips of ivory going in the opposite direction and held in place by nails with silver heads. On the cover is an elaborate openwork panel in ivory with a medallion in the center containing a Hindu monogram. On each of the four sides is a rectangular ivory panel in openwork with a design in the center. The four feet are missing. It is lined inside with purple velvet. There is a keyhole in the center front.

Object name:

BOX

Made from:

Tortoise shell -- ivory -- silver -- velvet -- wood

Made in:

Vizagapatam, India

Date made:

19th Century

Size:

12.3 × 6 cm (4 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

36.41

Class:

SHELL

Signature marks:

MONOGRAM on center top: Hindu letters

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973