WRITING BOX
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The background is apple green enamel with raised fleurettes and scrolls either in white enamel or gilt. On the cover is an oval bust-sized portrait of a young man. On each side are two reserved panels with frames in raised gilt scrolls and painted in colors, each with a landscape with a shepherd with sheep and a cow or donkey or with two figures strolling in the country. Inside are two glass bottles- one for ink, and one for pounce- topped with enameled covers painted with flowers, a penknife, letter opener, quill holder and pen seal, all in their respective fittings.
- Object name:
- WRITING BOX
- Made from:
- Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1770
- Size:
- 5.1 × 6.4 × 4.1 cm (2 × 2 1/2 × 1 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.173
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- LABEL
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973