ÉTUI

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Second Floor Hallway

About this object

The background is in white enamel with a raised lattice in white and raised scrolls in gilt. Two panels on each half are painted in colors. On the lower half a girl and two youths fishing beside a stream, a shepherd and shepherdess beside a stream with sheep nearby. On the upper half are two panels painted with flowers on a white ground and another on the top.Ormolu mounts are finely chiseled. The eight fittings on the interior are all in place.

Object name:

ÉTUI

Made from:

Enamel on copper -- gilt copper

Made in:

ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury

Date made:

ca. 1775

Size:

10.2 cm (4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

15.183

Class:

ENAMEL

Signature marks:

LABEL At the bottom a paper sticker with a zig-zag border and the number "1" in the center

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973