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Description: | A cylindrical scent case with a rounded screw top lid in a plain metal mount; the bottom of the case is fitted with a tape measure with metal mounts to each end, a metal crank handle on the end to wind the tape back and containing a fabric tape with a metal device on the end; the scent case contains a glass bottle with a glass stopper. Enamelled on metal and painted in colours with sprays of flowers in raised enamel and sprays of flowers and dots in gold direct on a pink ground; the bottom of the tape measure is painted with fine wavy lines in brown on a white ground.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
Material: glass
Material: fabric
scent case & tape measure made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.301A). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.21878 | Go to resource |
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