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Box

Box of pearwood, the sides and top carved with panels of acanthus scrolls, the lid showing a monogram beneath a coronet and some birds. The box shows a narrow flaring base and a similar cornice, both these carved with upright leaf decoration. The panels on the sides show apsidal ends, these and the lid panel with frames with punched decoration. The box is fitted with a iron lock.
Size: Height: 6.5 cm; Width: 21 cm; Depth: 16.1 cm.

Place: Nancy

Object Type: box

Period: Louis XIV

Actual Date: c. 1712

Century: 18th century

Materials: Pear wood, Iron

Museum Accession Number: Founders/X.1022.A