Silver Italian Lipstick Box with Jade Stone and Foldout Mirror

Object/Artifact

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L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness

Silver Italian lipstick box gifted to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by the queen consort of Iran.: Image of the front of the silver Italian lipstick box on a stand. The box is intricately decorated with floral vine designs and a green jade stone. The box also has a mirror on an outside side that flips up.
Silver Italian lipstick box gifted to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by the queen consort of Iran.

Image of the front of the silver Italian lipstick box on a stand. The box is intricately decorated with floral vine designs and a green jade stone. The box also has a mirror on an outside side that flips up.

Name/Title

Silver Italian Lipstick Box with Jade Stone and Foldout Mirror

Entry/Object ID

JI2025000446

Description

Small silver rectangular lipstick box decorated with a green stone and floral/vine designs. There is a mirror on the inside. The lipstick is likely Italian and made during the 1920-1940s. It is hand-etched and has an authentic jade stone.

Context

The lipstick was given to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, wife of the Shah of Persia. Soraya was married to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and reigned as queen consort of Iran from 1951 to 1958.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Italy

Continent

Europe