ÉTUI
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The background is in white enamel with raised gilt scrolls framing two panels with landscapes in full colors on the lower half and flowers on the sides of the upper half and top. The lower section has one panel with four shoremen loading a sailboat, the other with a couple walking in the country. The inside contains eight fittings, including two ivory pieces.
- Object name:
- ÉTUI
- Made from:
- Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1770
- Size:
- 14.9 × 4.1 cm (5 7/8 × 1 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.154
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- LABEL At the bottom a round paper sticker with a zig-zag edge and number "8" in the center
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973