BOX

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Second Floor Hallway

About this object

The background is white. On the cover is a scene of a young man and two young ladies, all in mid. 18th century costume strolling in a garden with a white marble statue of Venus in the background. The scene is within a rococo frame raised and gilded. The sides have each a cartouche with a raised gilt rococo frame. On the front- two young men fishing accompanied by a young woman, on the right- a huntsman with a gun and a pointer dog in the country bird shooting, on the back- a young man playing a violin with another seated near him and a young woman dancing, on the back- a young man and woman seated on a bank in the country. The bottom has raised gilt scrolls on a white enamel ground.

Object name:

BOX

Made from:

Enamel on copper -- gilt copper

Made in:

ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury

Date made:

ca. 1770

Size:

3.8 × 6.4 × 7.9 cm (1 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

15.138

Class:

ENAMEL

Signature marks:

LABEL At the bottom a round paper label with zig-zag edges and the number "11" in the center.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973