Covered toilet box
Manufacturer
Unger Brothers
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1910
MediumMold blown glass | Sterling silver
DimensionsOverall: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Base: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Base: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
InscribedSide marked with Unger Brothers trademark on either side of "STERLING 925 FINE" and "PAT. APPL'D FOR". See card or object for trademark.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number86.256
Not on view
DescriptionToilet set box and cover. BOX: Of mold-blown colorless glass. Cut in an overall diamond design of alternating fine diamonds and stars. Ground and polished rim. Flat bottom with star cut center. COVER: Sterling silver cover. Flat, with a wide chased rococo floral & scroll top. Center monogrammed "ENE".Published ReferencesRevi, CUT GLASS, pp. 225-226. D.T. Rainwater, ed., STERLING SILVER HOLLOWARE, (American Historical Catalog Collection, 1973), cut design shown on last page of catalog & silver top on the page preceding.
