Caption

Cigar box, cigars, cameos, antiquing style, smoking tobacco, female busts, male busts, 3rd quarter of the 19th century, France, container; height 18.7 cm, width 28.5 cm, depth 20 cm, A small rectangular box sits on a neutral gray surface against a pale gray background, finished in a glossy black with several decorative gold metal fittings at the corners, edges, and front, and with small round clear or white jewel-like accents set into some of the fittings; oval portrait medallions with pale relief profiles appear on the front, top, and side surfaces, each set within gold or colored borders; the box rests on a slightly raised black base and shows contrasts of black, gold, pale off-white in the relief portraits, and a touch of red around the top medallion.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A15_149

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.0Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cigar box cigars cameos antiquing style smoking tobacco female busts male busts 3rd quarter 19th century France container height 18.7 cm width 28.5 cm depth 20 cm small rectangular box sits neutral gray surface pale gray background finished glossy black several decorative gold metal fittings corners edges front small round clear white jewel- accents set fittings oval portrait medallions pale relief profiles top side surfaces set within gold colored borders box rests slightly raised black base contrasts black gold pale off-white relief portraits touch red top medallion.