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Box and Lid

early 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Tortoiseshell box and lid with openwork mountings of enamelled gold.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Household Objects
Ironwork
Containers
Object type
Box and lid
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Key
Materials and techniques
Tortoiseshell with chased, repoussé and enamelled gold
Tortoise Shell
Gold
Enamel
Enamelling
Openwork
Chasing
Repoussé
Brief description
Box and lid, tortoiseshell with enamelled gold openwork mountings, made in Germany, early 18th century
Physical description
Tortoiseshell box and lid with openwork mountings of enamelled gold.
Gallery label
BOX Gold Germany; early 18th century Jones Bequest 867-1882 Tortoiseshell, with enamelled gold openwork mountings.(07/1994)
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Subject depicted
Openwork
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
867:1-1882

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O326709/box-and-lid-unknown/
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