c. 1890
Japanese style, rectangular gold trim and loop in "bamboo," double sided and hinged, iron face with gold and silver applied detail decoration. One side: basket of flowers; other side: two herons. Interior is gold, with space for two pictures. Related to 1895.632, 633, 634, 646?
4.45 x 2.86 x 0.95 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Mrs. William Hayes Fogg, New York NY, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1895.
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