578 Good Gilt-Brass-Mounted Nakara Glass Octagonal Jewel Box
Good C. F. Monroe Gilt-Brass-Mounted Nakara Glass Octagonal Jewel Box, fourth quarter 19th century, with applied porcelain flowerheads, the base with a black stenciled Nakara mark, the interior lined in the period deep ivory shirred satin, h. 3-1/4", w. 4". For similar octagonal Nakara boxes, see W. R. Cohen, Wave Crest, The Glass of C. F. Monroe, Collector Books, 1987, p. 151, upper and center photographs.
