ÉTUI

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Second Floor Hallway

About this object

The background is in white enamel with a lattice of raised dots, centering each a lavender color dot. Two cartouches on each of the two sections and on the top are painted in full colors and have frames of raised white scrolls. The scenes on the lower half are Venus instructing Cupid to shoot his bow and arrow, and a scene of a seated godess writing beside a pyramid. On the upper section are a putto playing flute, and another putto writing on a tablet. On the top is a putto with a spyglass.

Object name:

ÉTUI

Made from:

Enamel on copper -- gilt copper

Made in:

ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury

Date made:

ca. 1780

Size:

10 x 4 cm (3 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

15.153

Class:

ENAMEL

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973