Boehn, Max von, 1860-1932 · London, Toronto, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co., inc · leaf 307
portmanteaus, snails, baskets, pears, frogs, pug-dogs, lions, slippers, watches, skulls, etc. There is a box in the Ole Olsen collection shaped like a dog’s head cut in amethyst with rubies for eyes. There were also trick boxes which would not open, and others which would only open by a carefully… … CO.MB OF THE EmPRESS EuG^NIE, WITH TwO Hundred and Eight Diamonds Made by Bapst, Paris, 1856 boxes were often decorated with pictures both within and without, the inner ones being frequently too improper for general display. Makers competed with each other in the in¬ vention of more or less cunning…
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