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Lidded box of molded blue plastic imitating cut glass
Object/Artifact
A shallow square two-part box — a base and a telescoping lid — in translucent cobalt-blue plastic molded to imitate cut crystal. The lid top carries a diamond-lattice grid enclosing starburst/hobstar rosettes; the sides are vertically ribbed/fluted; the base interior is molded with a radiating star motif. A decorative/storage (trinket) box.
2025.7.1
Belonged to the household of Vitalina Alfonso Torres.
Vitalina Alfonso Torres collection
2025.7
Meyken Barreto Querol
Jairo Alfonso
Gift
The faux-cut-crystal molded-plastic aesthetic is broadly mid-to-late 20th century, consistent with an in-range date but not confirmable from the object.
box, lid
Plastic
Materials: Translucent blue molded plastic (likely polystyrene or acrylic), both parts. Technique: Injection-molded plastic with pressed/molded relief imitating cut-glass (diamond lattice, hobstar rosettes, fluted sides, radiating star base).
Vitalina Alfonso Torres
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use