snuff box

Summary

Public: An oval, basket shaped box with tall sides, chased mount and a hinged lid. Enamel on metal and painted on the lid with a landscape scene, the sides are also painted with four panels of landscapes, all within scroll borders of white enamel, on a plum coloured ground decorated with trellis pattern and stars in white. Private: An oval, basket shaped box with tall sides, chased mount and a hinged lid. Enamel on metal and painted on the lid with a landscape scene with a gentleman kneeling before a lady between an urn upon a pedestal and three classical columns. The sides are painted with four panels of landscapes. All scenes are within scroll borders of raised white enamel on a plum coloured ground decorated with trellis pattern and stars in white enamel. The bottom is painted with a spray of flowers.