Rutilated quartz box with tourmaline thumbpiece
Rutilated quartz box with tourmaline thumbpiece
Germany, Idar-Oberstein
The 20th century
Wild, Manfred, Emile Becker firm
Rutilated quartz, tourmaline, gold; carving, polishing
Length 13.3 cm
Rutilated quartz box with tourmaline thumbpiece is carved from a single boulder of superior quality rutilated quartz, flecked with hundreds of golden rutile needles within the highly transparent quartz.
The box has a separate, removable lid that is bordered in 18K yellow gold. Set with two bezel-set, square-cut tourmaline accents to the edge of the lid.
Инв.6213/ДПИ