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Culture:English
Title:box
Date Made:1755-1770
Type:Household Accessory
Materials:enamel on copper, paint, base metal: brass
Place Made:Great Britain: England; South Staffordshire
Measurements:overall: 2 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.; 7.62 cm
Accession Number:  HD 59.021
Credit Line:Gift of Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
South Staffordshire or Battersea ogee-shaped, enamel box, possibly for soap, with a domed enameled cover, decorated with colored flowers (sprays and sprigs) of chysanthemum, cherry, tree peonies, and other flowers, divided in the middle and the top screws on. Enameled English soap boxes are very rare forms.

Subjects:
Brass; Copper; Enamel and enameling

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