Biscuit Box

Description:

Mechanical triple folding biscuit box consisting of three, repousse chased, shell-shape, hinged sides that open from the top to reveal a gilded interior fitted with three, fanlike, piercework, hinged covers that fold down and secure closed using the spring retainers mounted on their fronts. Frame is formed from three, fasces-pattern arches on triple-pad feet to which the hinge mechanisms, each topped by a fleur-de-lis finial, are attached. Cast, three-scroll top handle and smaller, triangular, broken-scroll side handles. Top of one foot struck incuse "13". No other marks. One of two biscuit boxes, DL*304621.0001-.0002.

Date Used: ca 1870-1873

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: EnglandPlace Used: United States: MissouriUnited States: Kansas

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Rothschild

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.304621.0002Catalog Number: 304621.0002Accession Number: 304621

Object Name: box, biscuit

Physical Description: silver plate (overall material)gold (gilt interior material)Measurements: overall: 9 3/8 in x 8 1/2 in; 23.8125 cm x 21.59 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-f225-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_301084

Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.

If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.