564 Rare Gilt-Brass-Mounted Wave Crest Opal Glass "Baroque Shell" Circular Dresser Box
Rare C. F. Monroe Gilt-Brass-Mounted Wave Crest Opal Glass "Baroque Shell" Circular Dresser Box, fourth quarter 19th century, a pale yellow example with floral spray-enameled lid and retaining the period antique-gold shirred satin lining, h. 3-1/4", dia. 5-1/2". For a similar form, see W. R. Cohen, Wave Crest, The Glass of C. F. Monroe, Collector Books, 1987, p. 87, bottom photograph, right.
