BOX
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The background is in pale green with a lattice and dots in raised white enamel. On the cover is a reserved panel painted in full colors with a frame of scrolls in raised white enamel. The scene represents a landscape with a stag hunt, the stag running to the right with the dogs and man on horseback in pursuit. The four sides have each a reserved panel with flowers painted in full colors. The bottom is in white enamel with a raised lattice pattern and dots also in white.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1770
- Size:
- 3.8 × 7.9 × 5.1 cm (1 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.170
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- LABEL At the bottom a paper sticker with zig-zag borders and the number "36" in the center
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973