Large and Rare C. F. Monroe Company Gilt-Brass-Mounted Nekara Glass Octagonal Jewel Casket, fourth quarter 19th century, with multiple applied pink porcelain aster flowerheads, h. 5-1/2". See Wilfred R. Cohen, Wave Crest, The Glass of C. F. Monroe, Collector Books, 1987, p. 151, upper and center photographs. Large and Rare C. F. Monroe Company Gilt-Brass-Mounted Nekara Glass Octagonal Jewel Casket, fourth quarter 19th century, with multiple applied pink porcelain aster flowerheads, h. 5-1/2". See Wilfred R. Cohen, Wave Crest, The Glass of C. F. Monroe, Collector Books, 1987, p. 151, upper and center photographs.