2-721-311 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Heart-shaped box, c1650-1699, (1881). Etching showing two views of a silver filigree box, made mid-late 17th century, possibly in France. The box and lid are decorated with stylised foliage and and cherubs' heads, inset with a heart-shaped piece of rock crystal. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]