BOX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Rectangular box with rounded corners. The enamel is painted in copper and the box has a copper gilt hinge and thumbpiece. The cover has a scene in grisaille of Neptune riding in a shell drawn by sea-horses and carrying a tritdent. The sides are painted with leaves in green and scrolls in gold on a black ground.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Enamel -- copper
- Made in:
- FRANCE
- Date made:
- 1870
- Size:
- 4.1 x 5.9 x 3.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.2
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973