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Description: | An oval box with slightly concave sides, plain brass mount and a hinged lid with mirror inside. Enamel on metal and painted on the lid, over a white ground, are two composite images of a man and woman, seen in profile and humerously reversible; both heads are joined end-to-end at the mouth, which when seen from different directions, reveal the pair as either smiling or frowning. Inscriptions appear in arcs above and below the heads, reading either 'One month before marriage' or 'One month after marriage'. The body of the box is decorated with running bands of alternate leaves and flowers in pink.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
Material: silvered glass
Material: brass
patch box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.238). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.11793 | Go to resource |
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