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Description: | An oval box with a plain brass mount and hinged lid with steel mirror inside. Enamel on metal and transfer-printed on the lid in black on a white ground with the image of Manchester Infirmary on Piccadilly; inscribed above and below the image is 'A PRESENT FROM MANCHESTER / INFIRMARY'. The image shows as a central, tall building with a triangular pediment and surmounted by a weather vane; a line of smoke from a chimney; a long building to the left and various buildings to the right, with open ground and a fence in the foreground. The body of the box is light blue.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: transfer printing
Material: enamel
Material: metal (brass & steel)
Material: mirror
Manchester Infirmary patch box
patch box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.262).
Patch box open to show the mirror in the lid | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.11797 | Go to resource |
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