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Description: | An oval box with straight sides, rounded base and a lid with a mirror inside hinged within a plain metal mount. Enamel on metal and painted on the lid in translucent colours over a transfer print in black with a scene of a set of railings between two buildings at the centre of which is a pedimented entrance which leads to a path lined by trees, at the bottom of which is a church, above is the inscription 'Cheltenham Wells'. The body of the box is green.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: transfer printing
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
Material: mirror
patch box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.260). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.20985 | Go to resource |
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