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Collection Online as of March 21, 2023

Round Box

c. 1770

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France, 18th century

Tortoise shell decorated in red lacquer with inlays of gold, brass, and silver; contains a portrait miniature

Diameter: 2.3 x 6.3 cm (7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

In memory of Ruth Probala 1988.48

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

miniature inscribed: annee [?]/1767.

Provenance
?–1988
Andrew E. Probala, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1988–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
“The Year in Review for 1988.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 76, no. 2 (1989): 30–75. Mentioned: p. 69, no. 25 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.48