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Description: | An oval box moulded in high relief with a hinged lid/base within a metal mount with a rope handle. Enamel on metal with the body moulded and painted in colours with a selection of arms, including a suit of armour, drum, sword, rifle, pennants and cannon balls; the rim of the body is painted with a continuous spray of flowers all on a grey ground. The lid/base is painted in colours with a spray of flowers on a white ground.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: moulding
Technique: hand-painting
Material: enamel
Material: metal
snuff box made in South Staffordshire, England, Britain, Europe, (1958.385). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.22376 | Go to resource |
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