snuff box
Summary
A circular box with concave sides, rounded base, plain mount and a hinged lid. The base of the box is copper japanned reddish-brown and the lid inset with an enamel plaque painted in translucent colours over a print in red of a lady in a yellow dress and two gentlemen on a terrace, a building with two colomns is to the right.
Object Name
snuff box
Date Created
1750-1770
Dimensions
object: 3.5cm
accession number
1958.318
Collection Group
Place of creation
South Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Harold Raby bequest
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