BOX
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The box is in a blue-green ground color with raised white lattice and flowers and gilt rococo frames. On the cover is a busy harbor scene with shoremen at work and an italianate architecture all in colors. On the four sides and the bottom are cartouches with flower sprays.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1770
- Size:
- 3.5 × 9.5 × 7.6 cm (1 3/8 × 3 3/4 × 3 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.145
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973