patch box
Summary
Oval box with straight sides and upper body moulded in the form of a spaniel curled up on a cushion, set in a plain mount with a hinged, domed lid/base. The spaniel is painted to depict a white dog with orange markings on the ears, tail and body; the cushion is green with applied black and incised white patterns The lid is painted with a spray of flowers on a pink linen-pattern ground, with raised detail.
Display Label
Shape Shapes are often defined by their function: a teapot must have a handle and a spout. But by breaking away from the usual conventions designers and makers can reveal new possibilities, create new forms and make us think again. They can transform the teapot into a pineapple, or a simple, curvaceous, abstract shape. Through time, makers have used their imagination, their ingenuity and even their sense of humour to transform ordinary and everyday objects into appealing shapes inspired by our surroundings. Some shapes are designed to reflect their use, others are made as a novelty or decorative item: cows for a cream jug, giraffes for a mantelpiece. Many are created out of a desire to experiment, to see what can be done with different materials. This display brings together a menagerie of shapes showing the possibilities available to the maker.
Object Name
patch box
Dimensions
Body: 2.8cm x 5.1cm
object (when assembled): 3.8cm x 5.3cm
Lid: 5.3cm
accession number
1958.441
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
On Display
[G1] Manchester Art Gallery - Gallery 1
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Credit
Harold Raby bequest
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