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Description: | Painted in enamel colours with the ground colour of the box a deep turquoise green. This is decorated with white reserves within raised yellow and gilt rococo scrolls. The reserves are exquisitely painted with sprays of flowers and insects. The green ground is further embellished with pink and white dotted trellis work. The interior of the box is polished gilt metal divided into compartments. The inkstand has gilt metal mounts.
Treasury inkstand in deep turquoise green decorated with white reserves of flowers and insects. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Manufacturing industry Flowers Decorative arts Metalworking industries Highlights Enamels Letter writing Georgian period | Temporal: | 1760 - 1765
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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