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Description: | An oval box with concave sides, plain brass mount and a lid hinged at the narrow end. Enamel on metal and painted on the lid over a white ground with a reversible head of a man and woman in profile, joined end to end at the mouth; inscriptions in arcscarved over the tops of the heads. Body decorated with a running scrollwork pattern in blue, yellow and black round the sides. Both figures wear hats, the woman wears a white cap tied with blue ribbon, the man wears a tall black hat.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
Material: brass
patch box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.237). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.12129 | Go to resource |
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