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Object Information
  • Title: Box
  • Maker: Jean Ducrollay (French, born 1709, master 1734, recorded 1760)
  • Maker: and Jacques-Toussaint Lemire (master 1714, recorded 1757)
  • Date: 1739–40
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Gold, mother-of-pearl, enamel
  • Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 3 x 2 1/4 in. (3.5 x 7.6 x 5.7cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Kate Read Blacque, in memory of her husband, Valentine Alexander Blacque, 1937
  • Object Number: 38.50.4
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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