Cartier Brass and Copper Enigma Box, 1959

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Sophisticated 1950s copper and brass decorative box by Cartier. This is a puzzle box that uses Leonardo da Vinci's specular … Read more Sophisticated 1950s copper and brass decorative box by Cartier. This is a puzzle box that uses Leonardo da Vinci's specular writing technique*. If you look at the box in the normal way the text engraved on the top is incomprehensible. You will have to put the box in front of a mirror to finally be able to decipher the hidden message. And the hidden message is an invitation to a socialite wedding in New York in 1959!
The message reads:
"Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Bernstein have the honour of announcing the marriage of their daughter Joan Honey to Mr. Frederic Sanford Berman on Sunday the nineteenth of April nineteen hundred and fifty-nine New York".
The wood liner on the inside and engraved Cartier underside.
Unique historical memorabilia and rare collectible Cartier pieces.
Measurements: 5 in. wide (12.5 cm) x 4 in. deep (10 cm) x 1.75 in. high (4.5 cm).

About:
Specular writing or mirror writing is formed by writing in the direction that is the reverse of the natural way for a given language, such that the result is the mirror image of normal writing: it appears normal when it is reflected in a mirror. It is sometimes used as an extremely archaic form of cipher. Some people can produce handwritten mirrored text. Notably, Leonardo da Vinci wrote most of his notes in this way. Mirror writing calligraphy was popular in the Ottoman Empire, where it often carried mystical associations.
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