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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

1792-1801 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Enamelled gold box set with a miniature surrounded by pearls.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Enamelled gold set with a miniature surrounded by pearls
Brief description
Enamelled gold box Switzerland, Geneva, 1792-1801; mark of Guidon, Rémond, Gide &Cie; gold set with pearls and enamelled with the story of how a peasant discovers that the man he has met out hunting is Henry IV of France
Physical description
Enamelled gold box set with a miniature surrounded by pearls.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.7cm
  • Width: 9cm
  • Depth: 6.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
mark (Maker's mark for Guidon, Rémond, Gide & Cie)
Credit line
George Mitchell Bequest
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
236-1878

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Record createdJune 28, 2005
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