Cylindrical, standing base, the lid slightly conically rising in the middle. Glass paste, molded in shape. Colorless, slightly milky, violet marbled wall. Finely relief-decorated, stylized design with one-year silver leaf or "Judas penny" (Lunaria), the pods in white, yellow, and red, the branches in dark gray or black. Signed "G. ARGY ROUSSEAU", at the bottom "FRANCE". Height 8.2 cm; Diameter 9.7 cm. See Hilschenz-Mlynel/Ricke, Catalogue Collection Hentrich, No. 3; Janine Bloch-Dernant: "G. Argy-Rousseau. Glassware as art", illustration p. 163. A French Art Deco glass paste box and cover with Lunaria annua (or Monnaie-du-pape) decor by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau. Signed. France. Paris. Gabriel Argy-Rousseau. Circa 1925.
