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Description: | An oblong box modelled in high relief as a spaniel curled up on a cushion, set in a plain, brass mount with a hinged, domed lid/base. Enamel on metal and painted in colours. The spaniel is depicted as a curly-haired, white variety with black ears and tail and black spots on the body; the cushion is a yellow with a brown fringe. The lid/base is ornamented in a freely painted style, showing a small landscape scene with a crouching spaniel beside a lake.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: modelling (forming)
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
Material: brass
patch box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.443). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.11848 | Go to resource |
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