BOX
Creator(s): Samson Porcelain (Maker)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The box is rectangular with corrugated sides. The background is in pink enamel with raised scrolls in white enamel. On the cover a reserved panel is painted with a landscape with classical ruins at the left, a river and bridge in the middle distance and castles in the background. On the ribbed sides are panels reserved in white enamel and painted with flowers in color. The bottom is in pink with a design in raised white enamel.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Enamel -- copper
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1890
- Size:
- 5.6 × 9.5 × 7.1 cm (2 3/16 × 3 3/4 × 2 13/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.187
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- MARK; LABEL At the bottom two crossed S's in enamel, for Samson An oval paper sticker with "B490a" in the center
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973