Three Makeup Boxes

Accession number 79.112.6A-C

Unique identifier MNY64281

Description (A) Circular silver box with repousse scrolls on lid that was used for eye makeup. (B) Circular wooden powder box with painted white dots around base and lid. (C) Oval lip rouge box with red jewel inset into lid and engraved zig-zag patten on body. Inscription: Engraved on base of A: To / Little / Elsie / Leslie / from / Fourteen Cash Girls / of / Bloomingdale Bros / Dec. 26th 1888. Mark: Incuse on bezel of A: STERLING 137. Incuse of interior of lid of A: 52. Marked on interior base of C: 800.

Dated 1888

Object Type box (container), makeup case

Physical dimensions (A) DIAM: 2 in. (B) Diam: 2 3/4 in. C) W: 1 1/4 in. Diam: 7/8 in.

Medium rhinestone, silver (metal), wood (plant material)

File dimensions 18.3 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

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