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Box (Russia)

This is a box. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is chased, engraved and partially nielloed and gilt raised and cast silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.

Pair Of Candelabra (Netherlands)
cast, molded, and raised silver.
Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1926-37-131-a/h

Château d'Asnières Panel
carved oak.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1908-24-8-a

An exquisite vanity case with a complex design of geometric patterns and a centrally located opalescent and iridescent landscape mosaic created from shell. The rectangular case is fabricated in a horizontal orientation with a three step design revealing rounded corners on the left and right sides with a gold base and a straight blue enamel line on the two lower steps. The face is composed of a background of four separate step designs repeated on each quadrant made of gold, blue and a lighter blue enamel with a border design of gold with a blue step design on the right and left sides. Black enamel surrounds the negative space of all geometric forms on the face. In the center exists a calm rectangular landscape constructed of a sky, clouds, mountains and land carved from mother-of-pearl shell displaying lighter hues and a tree on the left and a mountain on the bottom left carved from iridescent abalone displaying luscious blues and greens. The diamond border encases the landscape with two pink red square cut rubies centered on the top and bottom with a step design fabricated of diamonds surrounding the top of the top rubies and bottom of the bottom rubies.The photograph captures the vanity case revealing the bottom and face on an angle with a cast shadow reflecting the bottom on a white ground.

Vanity Case, Landscape, ca. 1929
mother-of-pearl, rose-cut diamonds, square-cut rubies, enamel, 18-karat gold,....
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.53

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A rectangular cigarette or card box with rounded corners and edges in a horizontal orientation carved from a block of cloudy gray/beige agate with a naturally occurring black/brown and blue striated formation in several shapes throughout. Rose-cut diamond encrusted back hinges and front clasp are set in platinum possessing an “M” formation with diagonal outer stems on the upper segment and a “U” form on the lower segment surrounding a negative space of “T”. The box could fit in the palm of your hand and might feel heavy and cold because of the agate stone. The photograph captures the object at an angle where the top and front are viewable as is a reflection against a white ground.

Cigarette Or Card Box, Striped Agate, ca. 1919
carved, striated agate, rose-cut diamonds, platinum.
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.63

A gold, cylindrical drum-shaped vanity case with three enamel panels. In the center is a dark blue and gold zig zag geometric panel studded with circular diamonds with a bright red border at each edge. Around the edges of the drum are two enamelled deep blue panels with a repeating emerald green foliage motif. The drum has gold ends and there is a blade-shaped thumbpiece in the center set with ten rubies and one central diamond.

Vanity Case
enamel, gold, collet-set and other diamonds, rubies, platinum, mirrored plate....
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.65

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 9 x 11.3 x 4.8 cm (3 9/16 x 4 7/16 x 1 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Box (Russia); chased, engraved and partially nielloed and gilt raised and cast silver; H x W x D: 9 x 11.3 x 4.8 cm (3 9/16 x 4 7/16 x 1 7/8 in.); Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt; 1931-61-16

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2BVCc/
Accession Number 1931-61-16
Object ID 18325807