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Description: | This is an etui, a type of box designed to hold a variety of beauty aids, pens, pencils and pocket knives while travelling. Etuis were one of the earliest forms of the enamellers art and were first made around the middle of the 1700s. Dedicated followers of French fashion bought these enamels in an attempt to imitate the French aristocracy. The design and shape of the early etuis often mirror the French taste for lavish gold scrolls and curves. This particular example is in fact split into two compartments. The top half was used to contain perfume and has a stopper shaped like a bird. The bottom half is an etui and once contained small scissors and tweezers. The container is painted with flowers and also decorated with a raised pattern of white dots, a technique often used to simulate the look of expensive pearls.
Scent bottle and etui, painted with enamel colours on white enamel with small flower sprays. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Bird Manufacturing industry Flowers Black Country Decorative arts Metalworking industries Fashion 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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