• Cartier chestnut box resting on the Superfine Tailoring Black Style book beside a small silver card case on a travertine console
  • Cartier chestnut box opened on a brown book, revealing a fully gilt interior in both the lid and the base
  • Side view of the Cartier chestnut box on a brown book, showing the hinge seam and the matte textured band across the polished silver
  • Cartier chestnut box on the Superfine Tailoring Black Style book atop a travertine console, a chair softly blurred behind
  • Close up of the CARTIER stamp on the outer rim of the sterling silver chestnut box, the gilt interior glowing behind
  • Overhead view of the Cartier sterling chestnut box on a brown book in raking sunlight, the textured shell tip at one side
  • Cartier sterling silver chestnut box with a mirror polished shell and textured tip, resting on a brown clothbound book beside a pewter box with runners in relief
  • Close up of the chestnut box tip, the finely textured silver shell rising to a small pointed stem above the polished base
  • Another view of the hallmarks along the chestnut box rim, a small engraved number 3 beside the maker&
  • Close detail of the box rim stamped with a maker&
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Cartier chestnut box resting on the Superfine Tailoring Black Style book beside a small silver card case on a travertine console
Cartier chestnut box opened on a brown book, revealing a fully gilt interior in both the lid and the base
Side view of the Cartier chestnut box on a brown book, showing the hinge seam and the matte textured band across the polished silver
Cartier chestnut box on the Superfine Tailoring Black Style book atop a travertine console, a chair softly blurred behind
Close up of the CARTIER stamp on the outer rim of the sterling silver chestnut box, the gilt interior glowing behind
Overhead view of the Cartier sterling chestnut box on a brown book in raking sunlight, the textured shell tip at one side
Cartier sterling silver chestnut box with a mirror polished shell and textured tip, resting on a brown clothbound book beside a pewter box with runners in relief
Close up of the chestnut box tip, the finely textured silver shell rising to a small pointed stem above the polished base
Another view of the hallmarks along the chestnut box rim, a small engraved number 3 beside the maker&
Close detail of the box rim stamped with a maker&

Cartier Chestnut Box in Sterling Silver

$5,430.00
$5,430.00
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Found in United States

Cartier shapes this box after a chestnut, its rounded, slightly irregular silhouette capturing the organic asymmetry of the real thing rather than a perfectly smooth sphere. A textured, granular patch at one end mimics the rough burr where a chestnut splits from its husk, complete with a small curled stem detail, while the rest of the exterior is left in a high polish that catches light across its uneven, naturalistic curves.

Lifting the lid reveals a gilt interior in a warm, rich gold tone, a striking contrast to the bright silver exterior and a detail typical of Cartier's more luxurious small object production. The interior is smooth and unadorned, letting the gilt finish itself be the entire decorative statement inside.

The piece carries an FC 925 mark, indicating sterling silver content and identifying Fratelli Cacchione, the Italian silversmith workshop that manufactured or retailed the piece for Cartier, a detail that adds real specificity to its production history.

Made in Italy, this is a substantial, sculptural silver box, equally suited as a jewelry or trinket box or simply displayed as a piece of nature inspired Cartier design.

Collectors Notes

This is a significant piece for our Vintage Cartier collection, both for its scale and for the Fratelli Cacchione manufacturing mark, which tells a specific production story beyond the Cartier name alone.

The sterling and gilt interior also make it a strong pick for our Silver and Home Decor collections, for anyone collecting Cartier objects beyond jewelry and watches.
Dimensions

8 x 8 x 8"
Shipping

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Cartier chestnut box resting on the Superfine Tailoring Black Style book beside a small silver card case on a travertine console
Cartier chestnut box opened on a brown book, revealing a fully gilt interior in both the lid and the base
Side view of the Cartier chestnut box on a brown book, showing the hinge seam and the matte textured band across the polished silver
Cartier chestnut box on the Superfine Tailoring Black Style book atop a travertine console, a chair softly blurred behind
Close up of the CARTIER stamp on the outer rim of the sterling silver chestnut box, the gilt interior glowing behind
Overhead view of the Cartier sterling chestnut box on a brown book in raking sunlight, the textured shell tip at one side
Cartier sterling silver chestnut box with a mirror polished shell and textured tip, resting on a brown clothbound book beside a pewter box with runners in relief
Close up of the chestnut box tip, the finely textured silver shell rising to a small pointed stem above the polished base
Another view of the hallmarks along the chestnut box rim, a small engraved number 3 beside the maker&
Close detail of the box rim stamped with a maker&
Collectors Gene | Cameron Ross Steiner

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