(a) Wood box with deco designs in raised metal, along with the initials A.S.
3"H x 6.5" w x 4" D, 13.4 oz.
(b) silver/silver plate deco cigarette box holder, 2.25" x 1.5" x 3/4", 1 oz.
(c) Silver filigree ring with deco design, size 7, 2.25" x 1.5" x .75", 1 oz.
(d) Gold-tone metal brooch, Flora, goddess of Spring design, 1.25" diameter, .3 oz.
(3) tiny miniature toy watch, .25" diameter
On the inside of the box lid are two handwritten sticky-notes. The first one:
"Maydee Graham
a portrait box by her grandson--
a box she owned and loved"
The second one:
"Maydee's Box
Grandmother Maydeee
Loved art nouveau.
Boxes her pride and joy.
Sometimes
When she was dreaming
The cosmic void she saw
Pulsating almost invisibly
At the heart of it all."
[signature, F. Lanier Graham]
- Inventory Number: 2021.18 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)