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Description: | A tall cylindrical box with a deep hinged lid within a plain metal mount. Enamelled on metal and painted in colours in raised enamel on the middle of the lid with a dolphin in relief surrounded by a border of alternate cornucopia and leaves in white and around the sides of the lid with four small sprigs of flowers. The sides are painted with a spray of flowers and three sprigs and all are direct on a purple and pink mesh ground.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
snuff box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.384). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.22212 | Go to resource |
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