Jewelry Box
Jewelry Box
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- Description
- Elongated lidded box with bulging sides and reverse-cyma canted corners on four, inward-facing, split-scroll feet. Chased and stamped festoons of flowers cover sides of body and the conforming, flat-domed lid, the top of which bears a depiction of a closed carriage being pulled left by two plumed horses, the driver accompanied by a dog and footman. Internal clasp; five-finger hinge runs width of back. Bottom underside is struck with a long zigzag or wrigglework line next to a rampant bear facing left with "C" at right in a circle, and what appear to be the raised serif letters "HUD(?) / NE(?)" in a conforming surround.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- box
- date made
- 1760-1770
- place made
- Germany: Berlin, Berlin
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 12.065 cm x 8.255 cm
- ID Number
- DL.382096
- catalog number
- 382096
- Credit Line
- Gift of Daughters of Mrs. Alice Pike Barney
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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