Objekt 11
Oval box ("boite bergamote")
Description
The small, inexpensive papier-mâché boxes were used to store pieces of bergamot bark. These were sold as perfume or - in candied form - as confectionery.
Object description
France, 18th c.
Papier-mâché, painted, varnished
Gift of P. Kober-Gobat, Basel
Inv. 1897.140.