Circular box, ca. 1780
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1780
Box in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2019.283.102), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Circular box”. The museum dates it ca. 1780. The museum records the medium as Two-tone gold, rock crystal and the dimensions as confirmed: 1 1/8 × 2 1/16 in. (2.9 × 5.3 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Two-tone gold, rock crystal
- Dimensions
- confirmed: 1 1/8 × 2 1/16 in. (2.9 × 5.3 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Identification
- Met object id
- 825834
- Museum object name
- Box
- Museum object number
- 2019.283.102
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and date against a specialist reference.