miniature set in hinged lid of ivory patch box. miniature; french noblewoman in pink dress with white shawl collar, flowers in hair. Miniature, oval, set in gold metal bezel attached by hinge to lid of box. Miniature backed by small mirror. Box lid hinged across top, narrow end. Lid backed by mirror, base lined with green leather. lid top engraved "duchesse d' Enghien' (top) "perin" (bottom). Signed "Perin'mid, right margin. 9.36cm X 4.57 cm notes by F.J. Fischer in acc. env.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Austria
Verbatim coll. place:
France Unsp.
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
May 1909
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)