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Spar Box
German (Berlin)
about 1770
Object Place: Europe, Berlin, Germany
Dimensions
4.13 x 9.05 cm (1 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
49.1779
Medium or Technique
Gold, spar, rubies, diamonds, emeralds
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Classifications
Spar box (white) with gold mounts. Elliptical with straight sides; box rim of plain gold, cover with edge of gold engraved on sides, ajoure on top. Thumbpiece of rubies, diamonds, and emeralds. Hinged at back. Overlaid decoration of flowers in varicolored stones in center of cover.
Provenance
Probably acquired in Europe by Delia Spencer (Mrs. Marshall) Field (b. 1854 - d. 1937), Paris and Washington, DC; by inheritance to her niece, Catherine Spencer Eddy (Mrs. Albert J.) Beveridge (b. 1881 - d. 1970), Beverly Farms, MA; 1949, gift of Mrs. Beveridge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1949)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of Delia Spencer Field