snuff box



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

Place of creation

South Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Harold Raby bequest

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