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Description: | An oval box with straight sides, a plain metal mount and a hinged lid. Enamel on metal and modelled in high relief and painted in colours on the lid with a bird in naturlistic colours of brown, grey, black and white, underneath which is a small nest, both are surrounded by flowers on a white ground. The body of the box is dark blue.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: modelling (forming)
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
snuff box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.334). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.21399 | Go to resource |
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