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Box

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

ca. 1860

GUSN

GUSN-284602

Description

This horseshoe-shaped, leather-covered box is lined in sea-green velvet on the base and white satin on the lid. It houses the set of earrings and brooch 1933.1693.1AB and 1933.1694 but may not be original to the set.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
leather
velvet (fabric weave)
satin
Box

Inscription

"Tiffany & Co./550 Broadway, New York" (in gold)

Additional Identification Number

1933.1693AB

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1933.1693.2

Related Items

Title Pair of Earrings Accession Number 1933.1693.1AB
Title Brooch Accession Number 1933.1694

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