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Description: | The snuff lid shows 'Autumn' engraved by Thomas Major 1754 after Paul Fegg. This shows two fowlers returning home with a boy in front with two bird cages and a dog - behind follows a man with a basket of grapes on his back; in the distance are other figures round a wine press, The sides have prints of the Prince of Wales as in EM 47 and a sportsman with a gun and dog in a landscape are on the base. Metal mounts.
Oblong snuff box, transfer printed in grey black with engraving by Thomas Major, 'Autumn' on lid and Prince of Wales prints on sides. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Manufacturing industry Decorative arts Metalworking industries Snuff Enamels Hunting Royalty | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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