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Description: | An oval box with slightly concave sides and a plain brass mount with a lid hinged at the narrow end with a mirror inside (tarnished). Enamel on metal and painted on the lid with a girl in a purple dress with a white lace collar and red sash holding a basket of roses upon her head, above which is the inscription 'Roses Ho', on a white ground. The sides of the box are green.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
Material: mirror
Material: brass
patch box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.222). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.20981 | Go to resource |
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