Etui
1775-1800 (made)
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Etui of painted enamel on copper, with gilt copper mount, containing two cut glass scent-bottles, an ivory memorandum tablet, and a small brush with tortoiseshell handle. Upright, octagonal, tapering slightly downwards. Painted in colours with the following subjects; on the lid a lady seated at needlework, two landscaped with figures and sprigs of flowers, on the body a lady drawing from a copy, a lady and gentleman singing, and sprigs of flowers. The subjects are in panels surrounded by raised gilt rococo scrollwork and reserved on a dark blue ground with a white patter in it. The bottles are of upright shape, square in section, one plain, the other diagonally fluted; the tablet consists of two leaves pivoted together.
Object details
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Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Enamel on copper, gilt copper mount, cut glass, ivory, tortoiseshell. |
Brief description | Etui of painted enamel on copper, with gilt copper mount, containing two cut glass scent-bottles, an ivory memorandum tablet, and a small brush with tortoiseshell handle. English, third quarter of 18th century. |
Physical description | Etui of painted enamel on copper, with gilt copper mount, containing two cut glass scent-bottles, an ivory memorandum tablet, and a small brush with tortoiseshell handle. Upright, octagonal, tapering slightly downwards. Painted in colours with the following subjects; on the lid a lady seated at needlework, two landscaped with figures and sprigs of flowers, on the body a lady drawing from a copy, a lady and gentleman singing, and sprigs of flowers. The subjects are in panels surrounded by raised gilt rococo scrollwork and reserved on a dark blue ground with a white patter in it. The bottles are of upright shape, square in section, one plain, the other diagonally fluted; the tablet consists of two leaves pivoted together. |
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Object history | Bequethed by Thomas Boone, Esq, in 1902. |
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Accession number | 707&A to D-1902 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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