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Description: | An oval box with splayed sides, plain brass mount and a hinged lid with a mirror inside. Enamel on metal and painted on the lid in colours with a drum across which are a flag and arms and a ribbon inscribed 'Loyal, brave and free' which hangs down over the drum, within a border of raised white enamel dots on a dark blue ground. The body of the box is dark blue.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
Material: mirror
Material: brass
patch box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.253). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.20874 | Go to resource |
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