box
Summary
Public: A flattened shield shaped box with low sides, ormolu mount, a hinged lid and a metal mount to the base. Enamel on metal and painted in colours over a transfer print on the lid with a Mediterranean port scene, the sides are painted with sprays of flowers surrounded by scrollwork in gold and on the bottom with two parrots with fruit in a similar surround. Private: A flattened shield shaped box with low sides, ormolu mount with reeded bands, a hinged lid and a metal mount on the base. Enamel on metal and painted in colours over a transfer print on the lid with a Mediterranean port scene with coloumns, pedestal and urn in the foreground and fishermen rigging a boat in the middle ground. Painted around the sides are four sprays of flowers surrounded by fine scrollwork in gold. The bottom is painted with two parrots with fruit surrounded by similar gold scrollwork.
Object Name
box
Date Created
1755-1765
Dimensions
object: 3.7cm x 10.4cm
accession number
1958.308
Collection Group
Place of creation
South Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Harold Raby bequest
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