A rectangular beveled agate box with a hinged lid. On each of the four corners of the lid are platinum-set diamonds in the shape of a small bow with diamond foliage below each bow. A different shaped ribbon, also made of platinum-set diamonds, is on the clasp. Vertical concave carving is on each corner of the bottom of the box.

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Object Timeline

1910	Work on this object began.
1920	Work on this object ended.
2017	We acquired this object. We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
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Ribbon Box, ca. 1915

This is a box. It is dated ca. 1915 and we acquired it in 2017. Its medium is carved agate, diamonds, platinum, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Private Collection. It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor.

Box
mother-of-pearl, with moulded silver borders.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-61-17

A rectangular cigarette or card box with rounded corners and edges in a horizontal orientation carved from a block of translucent beige agate stone with naturally occurring cream-colored striations. Rose-cut diamond encrusted back hinges and front clasp are set in platinum possessing a semi-circle formation with two inner calibre-cut sapphires veering left and right on the upper segment and a narrow “U” formation with a bar across on the lower segment. 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, Carved, ca. 1919
carved agate, rose-cut diamonds, calibre-cut sapphires, platinum.
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.64

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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Box
shell.
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Box
ivory.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-61-27

Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 8.9 × 7 × 2.4 cm (3 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

French gold assay marks

Cite this object as

Ribbon Box, ca. 1915; carved agate, diamonds, platinum, gold; L x W x D: 8.9 × 7 × 2.4 cm (3 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 15/16 in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor; 2017-17-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/DayWD/
Accession Number 2017-17-1
Object ID 420577177