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Description: | A box modelled as the head of a leopard, terminating behind the ears in a circular, plain, brass mount with a hinged lid/base. The body of the box is painted expressively as the mask of a leopard with a grey muzzle and a red snout and mouth; its fur is orange/yellow with tan and black spots and grey stripes across the bridge of its nose. The lid/base has a porcelain white ground colour decorated with delicate flower sprays in pink, blue, yellow and purple.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: modelling (forming)
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
Material: brass
bonbonniere made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.408). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.11803 | Go to resource |
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