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Jewel Box

Unidentified, Jewel Box, 1750-1800, enamel and gilded metal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.245.36

Unidentified, Jewel Box, 1750-1800, enamel and gilded metal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.245.36

Unidentified, Jewel Box, 1750-1800, enamel and gilded metal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.245.36

Unidentified, Jewel Box, 1750-1800, enamel and gilded metal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.245.36

Copied Unidentified, Jewel Box, 1750-1800, enamel and gilded metal, 1 ³⁄₄ x 3 ¹⁄₄ in. (4.6 x 8.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.245.36

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Artwork Details

Title: Jewel Box
Artist: Unidentified
Date: 1750-1800
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 1 ³⁄₄ x 3 ¹⁄₄ in. (4.6 x 8.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of John Gellatly
Mediums Description: enamel and gilded metal
Classifications: Decorative Arts
Keywords: Figure group
Recreation — leisure — reading
Dress — historic — seventeenth century dress
Object Number: 1929.8.245.36
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1929.8.245.36