Back to search results

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