bonbonniere
Summary
A box crudely modelled on a piece of fruit, apple or peach, with a circular brass mount and a hinged lid, 'natural' decoration with crude colouring - yellow with russet patches.
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
bonbonniere
Date Created
1785-1795
Dimensions
object: 3.6cm
accession number
1958.392
Collection Group
Place of creation
South Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Harold Raby bequest
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