ÉTUI
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The background is in turquoise blue with a raised lattice, scrolls and dots in white. There are five roughly rectangular panels with pastoral scenes. On the lower section two large panels, one with a landscape with shepherd, sheep, an urn on a pedestal and a pyramid, and another with a shepherdess, sheep, and ruin. On the upper section a landscape with shepherd, sheep, trees and tower, and a farm with sheep grazing. The interior has nine fittings.
- Object name:
- ÉTUI
- Made from:
- Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1770
- Size:
- 10 x 4.4 cm (3 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.155
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973