SAMPLE SET
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
In the center is a sample cover of a small oblong box in white enamel with a cartouche in full colors of a landscape with a cow, sheep and boy in a raised gilt rococo frame. Around this are eight sample buttons, mostly in blue, decorated in gold and white.
- Object name:
- SAMPLE SET
- Made from:
- Enamel -- copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1780
- Size:
- 6.4 x 9.1 cm (2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.146
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973