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PERFUME BOTTLE
PERFUME BOTTLE
11.114
Unknown
ca. 1840
The perfume bottle is urn-shaped. It has a gold cap and a glass bottom. The bottom is engraved with trefoil ornaments on the glass. The gold hinged cap has a large diamond in the center at the...
PERFUME BOTTLE
PERFUME BOTTLE
11.115
Unknown
19th c.
The body of the perfume bottle is tear-shaped, flattened and scalloped in silhouette. It has a gold cap and a glass bottom. On one side of the glass is an oval medallion containing an engraved...
PERFUME BOTTLE
PERFUME BOTTLE
11.117
Unknown
ca. 19th c.
The perfume bottle is made from blue glass and gold. It is urn-shaped with a foot and wide facets at the top. The body is somewhat flattened and is covered with chased gold openwork representing a...
ROUND BOX
ROUND BOX
11.118
Unknown
18th c.
The round glass box is mounted with thin gold bands chased with vines and scrolls. The bands are attached to the edges and bottom of the box. Centered on the lid is a circlet of bits of turquoise...
PERFUME BOTTLE
PERFUME BOTTLE
11.119
Unknown
ca. 1760
The rectangular flat bottle is made from glass that has been mounted with gold openwork designed as rococo scrolls. On the front are two cartouches. In one is an altar and in the other a vase. The...
POCKET ALMANAC
POCKET ALMANAC
11.167
Unknown (Jeweler)
1804
The small square almanac has front and back covers which are formed from a piece of bloodstone with beveled edges. Some plaited hair is set on the front cover under glass with a circle of gold...
PHOTOGRAPH CASE
PHOTOGRAPH CASE
11.187
Cartier (Firm)
1920-1928
The photograph case is rectangular in shape. Except for the cover, the case is plain gold outside. The cover is set with lapis lazuli except for the center, which is set with a central plaque of...
EYEGLASS CASE WITH EYEGLASSES
EYEGLASS CASE WITH EYEGLASSES
11.198.1-2
Cartier (Firm)
ca. 1930
The outside of the flat rectangular case is covered with very fine horizontal reeding. On the front in a plain rectangle is a monogram in blue enamel. The lining is red and contains a pair of...
BROOCH WITH CAMEO OF CATHERINE II AS MINERVA
BROOCH WITH CAMEO OF CATHERINE II AS MINERVA
11.207
Unknown (Engraver)
after 1789
Cameo depicts Catherine II in profile facing to the right. She is shown in the guise of the goddess Minerva, wearing a classical helmet with laurel leaves crowned with an image of the sphinx. The...
LORGNETTES
LORGNETTES
11.208
Unknown
20th c.
The gold mounted lorgnette folds up into a gold case, which is decorated on each side with a spray of flowers in chased gold on a stippled ground. It has a rectangular shape with a projection on...
SWIVEL SEAL
SWIVEL SEAL
11.222
Fabergé (Attributed to)
1899-1908
This swivel seal is made of purpurine glass suspended in a frame of red and green gold carved with rows of laurel leaves beneath a lover's knot. The seal was intended to be engraved with the...
CHALICE
CHALICE
11.223
Iver Winfeldt Buch (Goldsmith)
1791
In December 1790, Catherine the Great commissioned Iver Windfeldt Buch to produce two liturgical sets, each comprising a chalice and several other pieces necessary for celebrating the divine...