505 Fine Gilt-Brass-Mounted and Parcel-Gilt Wave Crest Opal Glass Footed Jewel Casket
Fine C. F. Monroe Gilt-Brass-Mounted and Parcel-Gilt Wave Crest Opal Glass Footed Jewel Casket, fourth quarter 19th century, in the rococo taste, fully signed on the base in black, the interior lined in the period shirred vieux rose satin, h. 5-1/2", w. 6", d. 5-1/2". For a jewel casket of similar form, but less elaborately decorated, see W. R. Cohen, Wave Crest, The Glass of C. F. Monroe, Collector Books, 1987, p. 89, upper photograph, left.
