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Description: | A loosely spherical box, modelled and painted to depict the head of a pug dog, which is terminated at the neck in a plain circular mount with a hinged lid/base. Enamel on metal and painted in colours. The pug is painted in naturalistic colours being white with black around the snout, eyes and ears with a few further black spots, it has green eyes and a downturned red mouth. The lid/base is painted with a classical landscape in the centre of which is a brown dog with a black face and is bordered by scrolls in purple.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: modelling (forming)
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
bonbonniere made in England, United Kingdom, Europe, (1947.808). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.21390 | Go to resource |
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