BOX
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The box is oval with a white ground. On the cover is an elaborate fox hunting scene in colors, with horsemen chasing a fox, and dogs in the foreground. The scene is within a raised gilt frame of scrolls on a white ground. The sides also have hunting scenes- on the front a stag hunt with two horsemen, on the back- a brook and three rabbits. A the ends, are clusters of flowers in colors. On the bottom is a spray of leaves and flowers in raised gilt. The gilt borders are ribbed and with scrolls.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Enamel -- copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1765
- Size:
- 3 × 10.5 × 9.1 cm (1 3/16 × 4 1/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.156
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973