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A cartouche shaped box with slightly concave sides, rounded base, fluted corners, chased mount and a hinged lid. Enamel on metal and painted on the lid with a scene of two lovers in a landscape, the sides are decorated with four similar scenes of courtship and the bottom with two birds on an overturned basket of fruit, all surrounded by gilt scroll borders on a white ground.
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A cartouche shaped box with slightly concave sides, rounded base, fluted corners, chased mount and hinged lid. Enamel on metal and painted on the lid with two lovers, a lady seated and looking into the eyes of a man who reclines against her gazing into her eyes and holding her hand, a dog lies at the mans feet and there is a house and sheep in the background, all surrounded by a border of gilt scrolls. The sides are decorated by four panels of similar scenes of courtship and on the bottom a panel of two birds on an overturned basket of fruit with a butterfly overhead. All the panels are bordered by gilt scrolls and the side corners embellished with flowers and scrolls in gilt on a white ground.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
snuff box made in England, Britain, Europe, (1958.378). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.20620 | Go to resource |
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