Box in the shape of an egg
date: label: Date
content: early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Egg-shaped box with hinged lid; tortoiseshell with all-over decoration of scrolls, flower sprays, birds, and butterflies piqué, point, and posé in gold.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1967-48-33
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Box in the shape of an egg
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Worked tortoiseshell inlaid with gold
label: Dimensions
content: L x Di: 7.5 × 4.5 cm (2 15/16 × 1 3/4 in.)