snuff box
Summary
An oblong box with splayed sides, ormolu mount and slightly convex hinged lid. Enamel on metal and painted in colours on the lid depicting a bear hunt scene showing dogs and men with sticks attacking a bear. Round the sides are four hunt scenes of stag hunting and a meet of hounds. The bottom is decorated with trellis and dot in raised white on a white ground.
Object Name
snuff box
Dimensions
object: 4cm x 8cm
accession number
1958.322
Collection Group
Place of creation
South Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Harold Raby bequest
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