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BOX

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Second Floor Hallway


About this object

The box is in a blue-green ground color with raised white lattice and flowers and gilt rococo frames. On the cover is a busy harbor scene with shoremen at work and an italianate architecture all in colors. On the four sides and the bottom are cartouches with flower sprays.

Object name:
BOX
Made from:
Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
Made in:
ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
Date made:
ca. 1770
Size:
3.5 × 9.5 × 7.6 cm (1 3/8 × 3 3/4 × 3 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
15.145
Class:
ENAMEL
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973