Box

1920–30

Rebecca Cauman
American, 1882–1964
b. Canada
Boston

Status: On View, Gallery 177
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Rebecca Cauman (Maker)
Title: Box
Place: Boston (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1920–1930
Medium: Silver, enamel, and amber
Inscriptions: Marked on cover: "STERLING/--MAN"; marked on bottom of vessel: "AUM--/-TERLING."
Dimensions: 8.2 × 14 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn and Thomas L. Karsten in honor of her parents, Gertrude and Perry S. Herst
Reference Number: 1987.266

With Ark Antiques, New Haven, CT, by 1987; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1987.

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