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Description: | An oval box with concave sides and gadrooning around the base, plain brass mounts and a mirror inside a lid which is hinged and domed slightly. Enamel on metal and freely painted on the lid on a white ground in colours, opposing flower bunches and birds nests around a central oblong panel in ultra marine bearing the inscription 'A Triple from Liverpool' in gold. Lid decoration encircled in a border of raised white enamel dots on a lighter version of the ground colour. The body of box is turquoise.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
Material: brass
Material: mirror
patch box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.208). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.12138 | Go to resource |
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