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Date
1880 – 1920
Material
stone, serpentine; wood, teak
Catalogue Number
102.04.0120
Description
An urn-shaped serpentine bowl with heavy dragon-shaped handles (serpentine is a mottled green or yellow hydrous magnesium silicate, used as scurce of asbestos and as architecturally decorative stonework). The teak lid is bell-shaped and features intricately carved openwork. There is slight wear on …
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1880 – 1920
Material
stone, serpentine; wood, teak
Dimensions
13.0 x 9.5 x 15.0 cm
Description
An urn-shaped serpentine bowl with heavy dragon-shaped handles (serpentine is a mottled green or yellow hydrous magnesium silicate, used as scurce of asbestos and as architecturally decorative stonework). The teak lid is bell-shaped and features intricately carved openwork. There is slight wear on inside bottom of bowl, and the top is slightly damaged.
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0120
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