Biscuit Box
Biscuit Box
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- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- box, biscuit
- date used
- ca 1870-1873
- place made
- United Kingdom: England
- place used
- United States: Missouri
- United States: Kansas
- 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
- ID Number
- DL.304621.0002
- catalog number
- 304621.0002
- accession number
- 304621
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Rothschild
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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