box

Object NameCovered Box

Made FromGlass, Silvered Metal

Date1911

TechniquePressed

SizeOverall H: 8.5 cm, W: 14.7 cm, Diam: 10.5 cm

Accession Number90.3.60

Credit LineAnonymous Gift

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

Russia

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, silvered metal; pressed. Rectangular shape, with flat sides; forming a box with rectangular, hinged lid; the cover with pressed decoration on the outside imitating cutting, forming a frame with rounded fan corners and straight sides with rows of diamonds; pressed on the inside of the cover, in matte, a large, three-part building with columned porticoes and central dome; the flat sides of the cover with pressed repeated diamond motifs; mounted in plain silvered metal, a rounded latch device on the front, hinged at the back; the box with flat sides decorated with pressed imitation cut motifs, consisting of grooves forming tall hexagonal facets, with diamonds above and below; the bottom flat and inscribed in Cyrillic within a dotted circle, translated as "To M. F. / 1911 / 10th Anniversary"; the rim mounted similarly to the cover, with a locking device on the front.
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