NEEDLE CASE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The ground is in pale blue enamel with a lattice pattern and raised dots in white. Two panels on the lower half and one on the upper each have a cartouche with raised gilt scroll frames painted in colors. On the lower half-a man leaning on a staff walking in the country with a river in the background. On the smaller half, a landscape with a man standing near a pyramid.
- Object name:
- NEEDLE CASE
- Made from:
- Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1780
- Size:
- 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.168.1-2
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973