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Rectangular card case, tortoiseshell patterning has uneven opacity. Two sides of case connected at bottom, center of pertruded half-circle pinned together, allowing the sides to fan outward, revealing cards within.

Card Case With Pencil, 19th century
shaped tortoiseshell, ivory, metal; wood and graphite (pencil).
Gift of Georgina and Louisa L. Schuyler.
1916-29-56

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Square tile with brown to maroon marbleized design.

Tile (USA), 1880–90
glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Gertrude Crownfield.
1958-48-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Green, blue and yellow, central four-leaf clover.

Tile (USA), 1880–90
glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John E. Alexandre.
1958-47-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Burgundy glass, abstract design.

Tile (USA), 1880–90
glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Clementina Furniss.
1958-50-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Green glass, yellow circle, brown infill, abstract design.

Tile (USA), 1880–90
glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. J.G.K. Duer.
1958-49-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Decorations of red and blue hexagonal cartouches with animals; between the cartouches green trees, above red stars and below, yellow trees and a red line with dents on cup with straight flaring side and curved saucer. Angular handle on cup.

Demitasse Cup And Saucer (Russia), 1900–10
gilt and glazed porcelain.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1956-188-2-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Red and mustard yellow background with dark central four-leaf clover.

Tile (USA), 1880–90
glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John E. Alexandre.
1958-47-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

One of twelve steel-bladed dessert knives with mother-of-pearl handles and gilt bolsters.

Dessert Knife (France), ca. 1890
silver, steel, mother-of-pearl, gilding.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program,....
1996-56-54

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

One piece of a six-piece desk set. Pen tray of favrille glass and bronze in a grapevine pattern. Tray is shallow and rectangular and divided into three sections, the middle being the largest.

Pen Tray (USA), ca. 1910-20
favrile glass, bronze.
Gift of Mrs. Eric Larrabee.
1997-11-5

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Incised with figure of an eagle, placed diagonally; raised ridges enclosing areas of blue, green and yellow coloring, against a white field.

Tile (Spain), 16th century
lead-glazed earthenware.
1900-15-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Flat oblong with square corners, hinged at center of heights with scroll outlined thumb-piece. Interior is closed in at perimeter by metal mounts to form rectangular opening with round corners. Oval field on cover with the Pantheon in mosaic of colored stones, with border of fine red dots.

Micro-mosaic Box, ca. 1870
various stones, gold.
Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-6-24

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sundial Compass (Germany), late 17th–early 18th century

Sundial Compass (Germany), late 17th–early 18th century
bone, brass.
1957-165-14

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

a) Rectangular, flat box with cloth-hinged cover, covered with black paper with gold imprint. Inside, green paper divider

Pencil Box, 1860–80
wood.
1960-94-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Gold box decorated with all-over C-scrolls; lid depicting scene of Moors carrying off turbaned woman from burning castle. Inscription in Russian.

Box (France), 1858
chased, engraved and enameled gold.
Gift from the Thomas W. Evans Collection from University of Pennsylvania....
1983-69-15

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Rectangular box, white enamel field; hinged lid showing polychrome scene (painted over sepia transfer) of a couple dressed in 18th-century garb in a garden with a ruin in the background; flowers painted on four sides and bottom; white interior.

Box (England), ca. 1775
copper, brass, enamel.
Bequest of Katherine Strong Welman.
1908-23-4

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Handle for a vase, with mascaron and acanthus volute.

Vase (France), ca. 1820
bronze (gilt), gold, wood(?).
Bequest of Katherine Strong Welman.
1908-23-46

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Oval swelling body with wide fluted band. Curved spout partly fluted. Handle squared at top. Lid, with radial fluting, hinged to body. Ball finial.

teapot Miniature, 1913–14
silver.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1949-19-16

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Top worked in plumose designs; equipped with four keys and brass strings. Underside of sound box opens on hinge and is constructed of radiating ribs with open scrollwork filling the spaces between.

Mandolin Miniature, mid-19th century
silver filigree.
Gift of Anonymous Donor in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
1938-6-4

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Circular bowl with perforations in shape of a six-pointed star. Flaring edge with raised cord rim. Ebony handle.

Tea Strainer (USA), late 19th–early 20th century
silver, ebony.
Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1926-37-152

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

With green and gold flower and sprig decoration.

Cup And Saucer, ca. 1780
porcelain, overglaze enameling.
Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan.
1936-13-22-a,b

This object was made by Doccia Porcelain Manufactory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Cover (Japan), 1875–1900

Cover (Japan), 1875–1900
wood.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos.
1966-6-9-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Box
silver.
Gift of Samuel P. Avery.
1903-1-40

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Tapered cylindrical cup (a) with squared handle, the cream-colored ground with brown transfer-printed Japanese-inspired decoration of birds in flight among a tree and flowers, above a geometric-patterned band and flower decoration. Narrow brown geometric-patterned band on inside of rim, geometric pattern on handle. The circular saucer (b) transfer-printed with same decoration as cup.

Rangoon Cup And Saucer, ca. 1878–85
glazed earthenware.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-5-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Box and cover with diamond decoration in corners and cartouche framing the central abstract design. Gold foliate motifs along the periphery of the cover as well as on the sides of the box. Classical motif on each corner of the box and center of the front separated by rectangular forms encasing small circular pattern.

Box (France), ca. 1860
diamonds, gold.
Gift from the Thomas W. Evans Collection from University of Pennsylvania....
1983-69-14

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Cup And Saucer (Germany)

Cup And Saucer (Germany)
glazed porcelain.
1912-13-7-a,b

This object was made by Meissen Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Two rectangular pieces of varnished wood, hinged together with wire, and painted with discs and Chinese numerals in black and red. Compass sunk in glazed center of tower piece. Brass wire stretched between the two pieces serves as sun dial indicator.

Sundial Compass (China), possibly 18th century
wood, brass, steel, glass.
1957-165-12

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

The creamer is a pyriform body on short foot. Short spout below rim, and strap handle. Painted on one side the Russian two-headed eagle with St. George in a shield, in black, red and blue. On other side, monogram of Catherine II, crowned in laurel wreath in gold. Gold wreath and band around rim, gilt handle. Cover is fitted with a flower knob and laurel wreath in gold.

Creamer And Lid (Russia), 1767–70
porcelain.
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson.
1958-137-1-a,b

This object was made by Imperial Porcelain Manufactory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Cover (Japan), 1875–1900

Cover (Japan), 1875–1900
H x W x D: 2.7 x 7 x 7 cm (1 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.).
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos.
1966-6-10-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Scalloped plate, bordered with floral pattern along with tassels. In well, plate decorated with an opened scroll before and urn and flowers.

Spoon Rest (China (for export)), mid–late 18th century
porcelain.
Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman.
1992-5-22

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A gold box with a personalized lid. The letter "N" in each of the lid's corners in diamonds. The center of the lid is decorated with another larger letter "N" in diamonds with a diamond crown above the letter. Along the sides of the box there is an abstract design carved in gold.

Box (France), 19th century
cut, cast and engraved gold, set with diamonds.
Gift from the Thomas W. Evans Collection from University of Pennsylvania....
1983-69-11

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Faceted and cube-cut and polished rectangular comb dish.

Comb Dish (Austria), 1910–14
glass.
Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
2009-18-73

This object was made by J. & L. Lobmeyr GmbH.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Rectangular, with rounded shoulders and collar about circular opening. Silver stopper-cap.

Tea Caddy And Lid (Germany), mid-18th century
enameled and glazed porcelain.
Gift of Mrs. Edward Luckemeyer.
1912-13-3-a,b

This object was made by Meissen Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Painted portrait of a young woman in three-quarter view. She wears a white dress with yellow and red flowers tied on the waist. Around her neck is a red cloth. She wears a string of pearls and gold ornament in her hair.

Box with portrait of a lady Box, 1804
silver, enamel.
Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-6-88

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Deck Of Cards, Game of Population, 1896–1900
printed in ink on paper.
Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton.
1955-78-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Cup And Saucer (Austria)

Cup And Saucer (Austria)
enameled porcelain.
1986-83-4-a,b

This object was made by Wiener Porzellan Josef Böck and Schule Professor Koloman Moser.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

A white cup and saucer with a very cynlidrcal form. Both painted with a bird and flowers.

Cup And Saucer (France), ca. 1740
soft-paste porcelain.
Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes.
1942-25-22-a,b

This object was made by Chantilly Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.