Box, Trinket
- Object Name:
- Box, Trinket
- Object ID:
- 1922.006.40
- Description:
- Box, round fretwork, silver. Small, round metal container. Repeated radiating pattern in bottom surface of elongated loops with many small inner loops within each unit. Twenty three elongated loops that make up bottom surface. Small border around them of small loops of flattened wire. At edge, solid channel that encloses edge of bottom and is base for sides. Flat sides extend upwards about 1/2". Constituted of repetitive design of small loops at base and then a zig-zag pattern of small elongated loops that go all the way around. This solid band at top. On top of it, flat solid collar that leaves a small shelf near its base on outside. Cover consists of a shallow, flat side with solid ring at bottom and solid ring at top with many small, flattened wire loops around edge between rings. Top height at edge: 0.32". Top surface consists of twelve ovals radiating from center which have smaller loops at their top edges. Small loops inside each one of these. Small loop border around edge outside of central design. A three-lobe leaf with solid stem and small cluster of solid grapes in center of top. Leaf lobes made up of various fine, flattened wire in form of elongated loops of different lengths. Leaf petals have undulated surfaces. Tarnish on item makes it look like it is a silver alloy. On top rim of base, appears to be small maker's mark indented on one side. Self-adhesive paper label on bottom: "Kimball / Coll".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-1.1 Dia-2.4 inches Weight-1.4 oz
- Provenance:
- Part of items listed in the Pratt File as part of the B. A. Kimball collection, assumed to be the contents of one of two cabinets.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Benjamin Ames Kimball
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