ÉTUI
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The background is in white enamel with a raised lattice in white and raised scrolls in gilt. Two panels on each half are painted in colors. On the lower half a girl and two youths fishing beside a stream, a shepherd and shepherdess beside a stream with sheep nearby. On the upper half are two panels painted with flowers on a white ground and another on the top.Ormolu mounts are finely chiseled. The eight fittings on the interior are all in place.
- Object name:
- ÉTUI
- Made from:
- Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1775
- Size:
- 10.2 cm (4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.183
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- LABEL At the bottom a paper sticker with a zig-zag border and the number "1" in the center
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973