Box
Unknown Maker
Oval box with hinged cover; niello decoration, on box alternating panels with trophies and architectural ornament on top. Victory presenting a scroll to a warrior, on bottom, trophies, flags and scrolls; gilt lined.
Credit: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
c. 1760
Chased, engraved and partially nielloed and gilt raised and cast silver
1931-61-16
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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