Shell-shaped box, ca. 1740
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1740
Box in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2019.283.108), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Shell-shaped box”.
The museum dates it ca. 1740. The museum records the medium as Jasper, gold and the dimensions as 1 7/16 × 2 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.7 × 6.7 × 4.8 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
- Jasper, gold
- Dimensions
- 1 7/16 × 2 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.7 × 6.7 × 4.8 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Identification
- Met object id
- 825953
- Museum object name
- Box
- Museum object number
- 2019.283.108
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
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