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1931

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Box Mounted With A Portrait Miniature

This is a Box mounted with a portrait miniature. It is dated ca. 1795 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is ivory, gouache, watercolor. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.

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Box Mounted With A Portrait Miniature; ivory, gouache, watercolor; Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt; 1931-6-37

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