Box

Museum number:
7-3591
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Box with hinged lid; silver, gold-washed interitor, trim; oval shape; baroque surface with repousse floral motifs; four ball feet; handle on lid; missing latch; SR engraved on bottom; hallmark- HI or IH in quatrefoil; one indistinguishable mark. Excellent example of late 17th century Norwegian design; similar design, including plain ball feet.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Norway
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Gold (metal), Metal, and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Box, accession number 7-3591, described as Box with hinged lid; silver, gold-washed interitor, trim; oval shape; baroque surface with repousse floral motifs; four ball feet; handle on lid; missing latch; SR engraved on bottom; hallmark- HI or IH in quatrefoil; one indistinguishable mark. Excellent example of late 17th century Norwegian design; similar design, including plain ball feet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Box, accession number 7-3591, described as Box with hinged lid; silver, gold-washed interitor, trim; oval shape; baroque surface with repousse floral motifs; four ball feet; handle on lid; missing latch; SR engraved on bottom; hallmark- HI or IH in quatrefoil; one indistinguishable mark. Excellent example of late 17th century Norwegian design; similar design, including plain ball feet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 7-3591, described as Box with hinged lid; silver, gold-washed interitor, trim; oval shape; baroque surface with repousse floral motifs; four ball feet; handle on lid; missing latch; SR engraved on bottom; hallmark- HI or IH in quatrefoil; one indistinguishable mark. Excellent example of late 17th century Norwegian design; similar design, including plain ball feet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 7-3591, described as Box with hinged lid; silver, gold-washed interitor, trim; oval shape; baroque surface with repousse floral motifs; four ball feet; handle on lid; missing latch; SR engraved on bottom; hallmark- HI or IH in quatrefoil; one indistinguishable mark. Excellent example of late 17th century Norwegian design; similar design, including plain ball feet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 7-3591, described as Box with hinged lid; silver, gold-washed interitor, trim; oval shape; baroque surface with repousse floral motifs; four ball feet; handle on lid; missing latch; SR engraved on bottom; hallmark- HI or IH in quatrefoil; one indistinguishable mark. Excellent example of late 17th century Norwegian design; similar design, including plain ball feet.

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