BOX
Creator(s): Samson Porcelain (Maker)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The background is in yellow enamel. Reserved panels on the cover and front and back have rococo frames of raised gilt scrolls and have landscapes with figures. On the cover, a youth and a young girl seated under a tree. On the front a youth playing a flute, seated beside a young girl. On the back, two youths and a girl fishing. The bottom is in yellow enamel, the interior is white. The cover is loose.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1900
- Size:
- 5.6 × 7.5 × 5.6 cm (2 3/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.185
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- MARK; LABEL At the bottom two crossed L's in enamel, the mark of Samson A rectangular paper label with double red borders reading "3rd Shelf...F"
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973