snuff box



snuff box

Summary

An oval box with tall straight sides, chased mount and hinged lid. Enamel on metal and hand painted on the lid and sides with bunches of flowers in raised enamel direct on a deep pink ground with a slight border around the lid of white raised enamel scrolls. Scrolls also between the bunches of flowers


Object Name

snuff box

Dimensions

object: 4.2cm x 8cm

accession number

1958.361

Place of creation

South Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Harold Raby bequest

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