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Description: | A scene of a man walking along a riverbank amongst ruins and pyramids decorates the lid of this round box. The lid is enamelled in white and hand painted using enamel colours. The sides of the box are made of sterling silver fused to a copper base, a type of metalwork known as Sheffield plate. A third material, pressed horn, was used to make the base. Working with horn was a specialist and delicate art, requiring much care. Heat and pressure were used to create a flat sheet from the outer sheath of an animal horn. When further heat was applied the softened sheet could be moulded or worked into a pattern.
Round box with enamelled lid showing a landscape with ruins and pyramid. Sheffield plate sides and pressed horn base. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Manufacturing industry Decorative arts Metalworking industries Architecture Enamels Georgian period | Temporal: | 1750 - 1770
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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