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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91 to 93 mezzanine, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Box

1789 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gold box decorated with paintings on ivory under glass of the sale of Cupids, maker's mark for Jean François Morand, Paris marks for 1789.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Gold with paintings on ivory under glass
Brief description
Gold box decorated with paintings on ivory under glass of the sale of Cupids, maker's mark for Jean François Morand, Paris marks for 1789
Physical description
Gold box decorated with paintings on ivory under glass of the sale of Cupids, maker's mark for Jean François Morand, Paris marks for 1789.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 6.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • mark (maker's mark for Jean François Morand)
  • marks (Paris marks for 1789)
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
M.142:1&:2-1917

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Record createdJune 10, 2005
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