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FIGURINE OF A HARLEQUIN
FIGURINE OF A HARLEQUIN
Cat. no.:
11.136
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
17th c.
A small figurine of a member of Commedia della arte. The torso is made from a large baroque pearl. The face and hands are enameled in natural colors. The cap, sleeves and pantaloons are made in...
SEAL
SEAL
Cat. no.:
11.138
Artist:
Unknown (Jeweler)
Date:
c. 1851
The holder is made from gold, and is engraved and enameled in royal blue. It is in the shape of an arm and a hand in armor, engraved in every detail. The royal blue portions of the steel are...
RECTANGULAR BOX
RECTANGULAR BOX
Cat. no.:
11.140
Artist:
Unknown (Jeweler)
Date:
c. 1755
A rectangular hinged box. The bottom part of the box is cut from a single piece of bloodstone and is undecorated except for the beveled edges. The cover is a flat piece of bloodstone also with...
RECTANGULAR BOX
RECTANGULAR BOX
Cat. no.:
11.145
Artist:
Unknown (Jeweler)
Date:
1738-1838
The box is rectangular and the bloodstone surface is cut allover to simulate basketweave. Applied to the cover is an oval medallion in painted enamel with a scene with a prophet or gospel (Moses?)...
BOX (BONBONNIÈRE)
BOX (BONBONNIÈRE)
Cat. no.:
11.14.1-2
Artist:
Unknown (Jeweler)
Date:
ca. 1790
The box is round and has a cover which is detachable. An oval medallion is in the center of the cover and contains a scene in painted enamel. There is a man at the right and three females at the...
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
Cat. no.:
11.15
Artist:
Unknown (Goldsmith)
Date:
late 18th Century
An oval hinged box. The cover has an oval medallion containing the painted enamel figures of Cupid and Psyche "en camaieu" and a reclining putto offering them a spray of flowers. The whole is...
EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
Cat. no.:
11.157
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
An étui, or bodkin holder, is a decorative container used to hold bodkins (hairpins), toothpicks, or other small tools.
EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
Cat. no.:
11.158
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
The egg is made from two pieces of bloodstone which are hollowed out. Each is held in a cage chased in gold with rococo scrolls that are criss-crossed with swags of roses. At the top is a ring for...
EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
Cat. no.:
11.159
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
An etui, or bodkin holder, is a decorative container used to hold bodkins (hairpins), toothpicks, or other small tools.
SNUFFBOX
SNUFFBOX
Cat. no.:
11.16
Artist:
Les Frères Souchay (Jeweler)
Date:
late 18th Century
The oval box is hinged. On the cover is an oval medallion containing a painted enamel scene of a pair of lovers in a garden looking at themselves in a mirror while two youths spy on them from...
EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
Cat. no.:
11.162
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
An etui, or bodkin holder, is a decorative container used to hold bodkins (hairpins), toothpicks, or other small tools.
EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
EGG-SHAPED ÉTUI
Cat. no.:
11.163
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
The egg is formed of two pieces of shaped bloodstone. Both pieces are covered with a gold cage chased with scrolls and roses. About the center is an inscription in gold letters on opaque white...
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