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Description: | The transfer print on the lid of this white enamel tobacco box depicts the Roman god, Phoebus Apollo. Symbols of his various associations can be seen in the picture: the rays about his head relate to his association with light and the sun, he carries a bow as a symbol of his role as god of archery and, as god of music and poetry, he holds a lyre. The sides of the box are printed with a number of transfer printed images. One of these shows a group of ladies fishing and was taken from an engraving by William Wollett (1735 - 1755) entitled ''A View of the Canal and Gothic Tower in the Garden of His Grace the Duke of Argyll at Whitton, near Hounslow in Middlesex''.
Oval tobacco box transfer printed in black showing Pheobus Apollo. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Manufacturing industry Decorative arts Metalworking industries Mythology 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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