id:			150518
accession number:	1981.72
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.72
updated:		2025-05-28 11:05:15.385000

Shell-Shaped Box, late 1800s. Italy (?), 19th century. Pink quartz, gold, enamel, diamonds; diameter: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.); overall: 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Perry, 1981.72

title:				Shell-Shaped Box
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creation date:			late 1800s
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1900
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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culture:	Italy (?), 19th century
technique:	pink quartz, gold, enamel, diamonds
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Stone
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measurements: Diameter: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.); Overall: 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1981
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1981</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 69, no. 2 (February 1982): 39–82.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 57; Mentioned: p. 80, no. 57
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159758

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IMAGES

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