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An oval box with straight sides, plain mount and a hinged lid. Enamel on metal and transfer printed on the lid with a scene of a shepherd playing a pipe seated by a young woman, the sides are printed with a scene of a woman dancing and another of a barking dog, both scenes are framed with scrolls.
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An oval box with straight sides, plain mount and a hinged lid. Enamel on metal and transfer printed on the lid with a scene of a shepherd playing a pipe seated by a young woman stroking a dog with a ruin to the left and a cottage to the right. The front side is transfer printed with "Miss Nancy Dawson dancing the Hornpipe" in which a young woman is seen dancing to the music played by a man with a viola while another man looks on; the scene is framed by scrolls; on the side with "The Barking Dog" showing a dog barking at a man and a woman who are seated on a bank; this scene is also framed with scrolls.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: transfer printing
Material: enamel
Material: metal
snuff box made in England, Britain, Europe, (1948.164). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.20759 | Go to resource |
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