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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