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Box (France)

This is a box. It is dated ca. 1860 and we acquired it in 1983. Its medium is diamonds, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. It is credited Gift from the Thomas W. Evans Collection from University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.

Cuff Buttons (probably France)
bright-cut engraved aluminum, gold.
Gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel.
1928-5-3-a,b

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

Vanity case. Carving on the case and in the center rectangle are pieces of tinted mother of pearl. The rectangle is of applied flowers with rounded corners and a border of diamonds. The thumbpiece is a single diamond. The interior has compartments for a comb and face powder.

Vanity Case
tinted and carved mother-of-pearl in shibayama technique, diamonds, mirrored....
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.61

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A rectangular shallow box inlaid with rainbow-colored iridescent shell on a black enamel background, depicting figures in a garden landscape. Centered in the foreground are three figures standing on a sloping shore, with stylized plants and a footbridge at bottom left. The figures - two women on the right speaking with a man on the left - wear long robes with their hands bundled in long sleeves. In the upper right background an old bearded man stands behind a rickshaw parked near a tree. In the upper left background is a rocky landscape at water’s edge, with cabochon diamonds sprinkled above the water at center. The larger pieces of shell are finely incised with details; the contours of the shore are filled with sparkling chips of shell. Bright gold borders mark the edges of the box. Fluted vertical straps of orange-red coral on the sides of the box connect to three fan-shaped coral mounts on the top surface. Two mounts are spaced on the far edge, at the top of the garden scene, with one mount centered on the near edge, at the bottom of the scene. The mounts are studded with bright green cabochon emeralds in gold fittings. The front side of the box has an inlaid shell scene depicting rocks and plants, accented with cabochon emeralds and bracketed at the corners with coral and pale green fluted nephrite. The box sits on a softly-reflective white surface.

Box, Lac Burgauté
gold, lac burgauté (panels), round diamonds, carved coral, black enamel,....
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.80

Gold cigarette case made to look like a rectangular envelope. The very thin and close lines on the outside may possibly have been etched into the rubbed gold that makes up the case. There is a Persian minaret or palmette with an enamel design at the point of the lid, where the cigarettes case is to be opened. Four cabochon sapphires are on the minaret and the inside is lined in gold with a gold bar on each half of inside to hold the cigarettes in place.

Cigarette Case, Envelope
gold, enamel, cabochon sapphires, mount of 18-karat gold.
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.77

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 2.2 x 9.3 x 5.7 cm (7/8 x 3 11/16 x 2 1/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Box (France); diamonds, gold; H x W x D: 2.2 x 9.3 x 5.7 cm (7/8 x 3 11/16 x 2 1/4 in.); Gift from the Thomas W. Evans Collection from University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; 1983-69-14

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2EmSR/
Accession Number 1983-69-14
Object ID 18800981